The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-09-06
The Hon. franklin Landers.

| first race for Congress, Mr.. John CoDurn,
his competitor, thought 1t was q good
piece of strategy to call him an "Igno-
rsmus." The Journal cbimed in and
laughed, taking every opportunity to in
form the good people OF the districs that
Mr.. Lsnders was very presumptuous in
attempting the race against the Hon. John.
The News Clipped In with sort of Sam
Weller air and wink, sit knew a thing or
two;" Mr.. Landers would be beaten badly;
Coburn would "get away" with him on the
stump, ETC., etc. And so they all laughed.
guffswed, winked and blinked. Jos g,
joke. was the daily sslutstlon, accom-
| panied by poke in the ribs. Mr.. Lam
ders received all hese insults in gentle
manly manner. He smiled in quiet way
to himself. He probably thought of the
heather Chinee when Bill Nye was fixing
things to swindle him. Being a man OF
| business, he went to work like a man OF
business. He made up his mind be
could beat his opponent, and, soow-
log his faith by bis works, he
went to work with q will. he
worked quietly, patiently and earnestly.
de had no epithets and unseemly Ian
gusge for any one. When General CoburD
called him an ignoramus, he didn't get
mad; be quietly replied that the ignora-
mus would beat Mr.. Coburn 80 many
votes, and he named very nearly the cor
rect number. This was long before the
election, and the Hon. John found out
pretty soon that he had caught something
more like Tartar" than an ignorsmus.
he held his own against Mr.. Coburn in
joint debate, and when that gentleman was
at home in the interims between discus
sions, reposing on his future laurels, Mr..
Lsnders was talking like a father"
TO the the farmers of Morgan, Hen
bricks, Marion and Putnam. Now,
on fence rail with one solitary listener
he would pour into his ears an irresistible
argument with as much earnestness as If
he we're talking to twenty-five hundred.
Then, again, with a little knot around him
at wsyside hotel, he would open their
eyes to the plunderings and swindles of
he rings at Washington until he mad seen
and talked to nearly every Vi ter in the
district. Well, the lightning struck at
last. The Jour al aud News allowed"
that something had dropped" A
new canvass has now commenced. Mr..
John Hanna is Mr.. Llnders's opponent.
The Journal and the News say that some
one writes Mr.. Lsnders's speeches for him
They know this is false but then It is so
easy to answer the speeches In that way.
p as brief manner, the Journal got rid
of Mr.. Tilden's letter of acceptance. 1t
pronounced the letter windy" Think
of our Journal calling a clesr-headed,
brsiny effort like that, "wiDdy." II that
letter was wind what is the name for the
editorial articles that make their
daily appearance in the Journal
Any one who heard Mr.. LSnders |
deliver his opening speech a short time ago |
on the Circle, knows that 1t was done as no |
IA an could do it except IFS author. At the
commencemeut-!requently during its de-
livery-snd at its close, he was inter-
rupteG by the surroundings, questions and |
Interruptions from the crowd to such an
extent and in such a manner as TO bring
out the original tact and resources of the
man, and he proved himself equal to the
occasion. IL won't do to attempt to get
rid of Mr.. Lsnders by saying that some
one writes his speeches for him. That and
the ignoramus dodge are about
attention to his brief term Ia Con-
gress, and have heard or read his views as
expressed in his return speech, know that
he is as good representative of our inter-
ests a. any one of his predecessors. He is
q moral, upright gentleman, man OF
large, practical business experience, one
who has been successful in the manage
ment of his own private business affairs,
one who will, by few minutes CONVEX
sation, satisfy any one that he is a shrewd
and wide awake man, with sensible, con-
vincing views on events which are happen
ing around him. His ideas on the
financial status are much more pointed,
clear and convincing than those of Mortt n
or Harrison. Mr.. Lsnders treats the SUBJ
ject 10 manner that interests and enter
tains his bearers, and when he quits talk
ing they are sorry and want him to con-
tinue. Both Morton and Harrison 20 into
the financial argument as if It we're dull
and dry subject, and their audiences listen
as II they were bored, and evidently feel
relieved as they skip off into the more con-
genial field of abusing Mr.. Tilden and the
Democratic party. AS for Mr.. Lsnders's
opponent, Mr.. Hanna, we doubt
If he can give a clear and intelligibel state
ment of the financial legislation of the
country. He certainly knows but little
about anything except the practice OF the
law, and ii he will copfine his efforts to the
practice of his profession he will do him
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