The daily gazette., 1877-01-01
For the GAZETTE.
ACCURATE ORGANS.
SOME OF THE 'sCoRRECT" NEWS ITEMS
PUBLISHED By THE COMMERCIAL.

SOME OF THE 'sCoRRECT' NEWS ITEMS
PUBLISHED By THE COMMERCIAL.
Mr.. EDIToR.-I was considerably
amused by reading an editorial article in
Saturdays Commercial, in which the
editor complacently claimed that his
journal was the only one of the city pa
pers which gave the facts of the current
political news, "whether they are pleas
ant or not to its Republican readers"
My amusement was occasioned not so
much by perusing the article, as by COLI
trasting it with some of the s'facts' allu-
ded to, and published in another part of ,
the same paper, under the caption of
"Heavy Republican Gains" They read
as follows: a.8 ai e.eae4 5}li
Special election was held in Indiana on
Tuesday to fill vacancy in the State Sen
cumbent. The distric t in which the cleo
cion was, composed of Madison and Della
tware counties, has been democratic, Madi-
suits dependent upon the election were inn
portant, unusual efforts were made by the
Democrats to elect their candidate. The
election OF the Democratic candidate would
have made the Senate Democratic by one
majority, while the election of the Repub-
lican candidate makes it Republican by
| one majority. 1t is notable that this cleo
i IlOh Wds III az bcCtlOu HntIt sOiuo thC
| Democrats have been making threats OF
violence in behalf of Tilden. Nl
At special election on the 26th, for
/ Joint Representative from Montgomery
and Parke counties, Indiana, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Stoddard,
Democrat, A. M. Scott, Republican, was
elected by a majority of three hundred,
Republican gain of 5S6 over the October
election.
| Now, Mr.. Editor, happening to have in
my possession copy of the official re-
turns of the October election in Indiana,
! am enabled to show how conclusively
the figures prove the falsity Of the ''facts"
which the Commercial SO egotistically
plumes itself upon publishing.
In the first place, the Legislative Dis
trict composed of Delaware and Madison
counties is not Democratic District, as
, witness the following result of the vote
for Governor in October last:
Delaware County, Rep. maj. 1850
Madison County, Dem. maj. $50
Republican mai. in the District. 5O4
Now the t'facts'' of the Commercial in
this instance having been proven false, it
remains for that journal to establish the
extent of the Republican majority at the
. special election, in order to show how
heavy were the gains which it claims
were made by the Republicans. For, il
one portion of its "facts" is so obviously
false, a reasoning public will easily doubt
that Madison county changed from o56
, Democratic to 100 Republican majority,
I or that the Republicans made any "heavy
, gains" whatever.
Now for the second ''fact." At the
J, October election, the result of the vote
L Co. ~. fl,n nf
y and Montgomery, comprising the Other
Legislative District alluded TO, was as
follows: 59.f-=
e Parke County, Rep. maj. 0lC
e Montgomery Comfy, Dem. ma. l;S.
1t Rep. mai. in the District, 4Ss
J.. Here is a Republican majority of 4o3
u and yet according to the COmnerciCt'
:, "facts," the Republican majority at the
b recent special election was only 300
, showing Republican loss of 1888. But
% still more surprising, the COmmcrcidE
e "facts" state that the result is ga Repub
d lican gain of $50 over the October cleo
/ tion," proving conclusively that in thi
II instance the Commercials ''facts,
l, whether "pleasant or not to its Republi-
II can readers" are barefaced lies, to thu
u extent of 769 votes.
q Such, Mr.. Editor, are the desperate
!, devices resorted to by the Radical organs
u !. in vain attempts to manufacture public
! support of their nefarious attempt to stea
III the Presidency of the nation. Compare
the results of the recent municipal CON
u y tests in Worcester, Mass, Watertown
~ n. Y, and Tallahassee, Fla, where thu
democracy were successful in the face Of
an adverse vote cast at the November
election, and it will be readily seen that
the drift of public opinion is fast settling
p against the national conspirators, and il
n favor of settlement of our Presidential
n complication by the peaceful inaugura
n ton of the peoples choice. FACTS.
IViln,ipoton Ion 1877