The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-14

and the republican party. II my memory
serves me. you had specimen of this sort
Of bull-headed stupidity and malice in your
congressional district year ago last fall.
All that was made out of it was John Sher-
man and the bullionists had one more vote
in the house than they were entitled to or
would have had if professed greenbsck
friends had bad either common sense or hon.
esty. l speak plain, for have no patience
with the species of tactics that weskens your
friends and strengthens your enemies. /
can not see how a cause is to be advanced by
that kind of management, but 1 can very
readily see how it can and has repeatedly
been damaged by it, and sometimes through
the agency of professed friends.
In the present congress Indiana has given
republican members OF the house. All OF
them voted for the repeal of the resumption
bill In December last Before the middle of
June they ate their words aud were like de-
tected highwaymen over the support of Sher-
man. a
Illinois is against John Sherman's policy
which is the policy of the republican party
and OF the enthusiastically about 200, 900
votes. Your state is the same by half as
a majority as Illinois Wisconsin by 10000;
Iowa by $4,000 at least. and Kansas by full
rs, 900. The nationals had not strength enough
to elect a single member to the present
house, and by the species of bad manage
ment and deviltry have named they keep
these states steadily in the arms
of Sherman, and the people misrepresented.
Nay, more, | am credibly informed that DR..
Sturgeon, the president of the national ex-
ecutlve committee, is in correspondence
with some of John Sherman's office holders
and partisans in Missouri, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Louisiana, Florida and Texas,
and connecting schemes how to defeat the
present greenback members of congress, and
those of opposite politics, which, of course
would be more subservient to the schemes
Of Sherman.
Shupe, the manager and editor of the Ad-
vocste, of New York, and the personal and
political friend of Sherman, went at the
mead of delegation of sixty, and had Stur-
geon with him, the other day to the national
state convention, at Syracuse, in the inter
est OF the republican party, and was ex-
cluded.
name these things more in sorrow than
in anger. / name them for the purpose of
warning the greenback democrats of Indiana
not to be sold out and humbugged and led
biindfold into the service of the republican
party and John Sherman. The republicans
make no such mistakes Quarrel as much as
they may about Hayes, Sherman, Conkling,
SchurZ, ETC., they are unit when il comes
convention and election time. For instance,
Mr.. Phillips, of Kansas, is as pronounced
and radical greenbacker as General Ewing.
He will be the regular republican nominee,
and will be re elected and have the support
of every republican bullionist and Office
holder in the district. There will be no ma
tional opponent to Mr. Phillips. The republic
cans want his vote to help organize the house
if they have majority. But the nationals
will run a candidate against General Ewing.
Ask them, why? And they will tell you
I'VE dare not trust the democrats" And
they will demand that the democratic candi-
dates must withdraw from the democratic
party and embrace their grips and pass
words, and then-be defeated. But when
the interests of the republican candidates
are in jeopardy, Sturgeon and Shupe will
trust that party every time.
AT Bealeton, Fauquier county, Va, a
party of Californians-at the head of which,
am told is Reene, the great broker-have
bought $4,000 acres of land, and have COM
menced active operations there for gold
mining. They have one twenty stump mill
about ready for operation and will soon
have two more. Old California miners say
the show is first class If it proves a success
it will wake up old Virginia, and give the
people of the good old commonwealth some
thing else to talk about than the distinguish
ed traits and services of their ancestors.
NORTHWEST.