The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-10-04
OUR BIG RATTLE As REPORTED
ABROAD.
The True Situation i'm Indiana from an
Independent Standpoint.
is correspondence OF the +. hh
phia Times.


indianapolis. Sept Pin all the caln-
Iaigns, whether they are political OF militia ~
q single battle usually besides the result.
The political campaign Of 1876 will be ms
+. exception tn this rule, a. it will be virtually
decided by the October elections in Ohio and
Indiana. This proposition being granted. il
is no wonder that the TWO great parties OF
the country are making every possible fort
To carry Indiana. The Democracy
Is better organized than ever before
Tilden and Hendricks clubs have been
formed in nearly every ward of our cities,
and in most of the townships of the state. 4
careful enrolment of the voters i'm large
number of the counties has been made, and
the work is being rapidly prosecuted in the
remaining ones. I'm eight or ten days from
now the Democratic State Central Commit
tee will be in possession of poll
all the voters in the state. Those
counties which have already
ported show an increased Democratic
vote over that of 1872, when Hendricks was
elected governor by about one thousand ma
| jority. In the northern part of the state our
| gains hrve been large in most of the counties,
| and in the remaining ones our losses are
small. In the southern counties our party
| is not in as good condition as in the northern
ones This portion of the state j. largely
| Democratic. but in several counties our or
| ganization i defective, and the Democratic
masses have not been aroused. Special at
| tention will at once be given these counties
and before the election takes place il Is eX-
pected that the Democratic camp fires will
be burning as brightly in the southern belt
of the state a. they are in the central and
northern ones.
In 1872 Indiana elected eight Democrats to
| Congress and five Republicans. This was ac-
cOmplished in spite of an infamous appor-
tionment of the state by Republican legis-
lature, which was designed to secure the re-
turn of ten Republicans and three Demo
Gratis But i'm fixing up the districts the Re
publicans averreached themselves and Gre
ated too small margins in several of them to
insure success for their party. In the ground
| swell of 1874 the people placed their con-
| demnatiOn upon the gerrymander by electing
a majority of Democrats to the national
congress. We cannot hope To do as well in
1876 as we did in 1874, but we have good
chance of electing majority of congress
men in the state. / will speak of the doubt
full districts and their candidates in the order
of their number. In the fourth district
now represented by Judge New, the Demo
cratic candidate is DIR. l.. J. WOollen. of
Switzerland county. DIR. Woollen is not a
politician. and was never Il candidate for
office before. He is good canvasser, fair
Stumper, and has great personal popularity.
He Is making an active and, 1t X believed.
efficient canvass. His competitor Is LeOni-
daS Sexton. now ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the
state. Gen. Brownies majority in the dis
trict four years ygO over Gov. Hendricks was
70l. 1t is believed that DR.. WOollen
will overcome this majority and be
elected. At present his prospects
To do so are certainly very good. In the
Fifth District the candidates are Judge HOl-
man and General Tom Browne, who was
beaten for Governor in 1872 by Governor
Hendricks. Judge, Holman has a national
reputation. He is one of the oldest mem
berS of Congress. and is noted for his con
sistent opposition to all kinds of rings and
all manner of Jobs. Our Legislature has
three times changed his district for the pur
pose of preventing him from being elected
but each time he was returned by an IL
creased majority The district is Republican
by "A large majority, yet it is believed tina
his chances for success are good. His com
petitOr. General Browne, is an able ana pop
ular man. but he is no match for Holman a
canvaSSer The result in this district i
doubtful, with the chances i'm favor of Judg'
Holman