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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.

Geo. w. Braley, the nominee of
the Representative convention at
Marshall, last week, was born in
Pomfret, VT, in 1881. He came to
Minnesota in 1871, and settled in
this village during the same year
In 1873, he was appointed Register
of Deeds, to fill vacancy, and was
afterward elected to that Office and
held it for two years. Mr.. Bradley
opened the first bank in this place
and has continued the business eve,
since. He has large acquaintance
with the people throughout the dis
trict, and is we'll known as an honor
able and successful business man..
We congratulate the people o
our village and Redwood county il
securing the nomination for one o
our own citizens, and especially on,
who 20 thoroughly understands on
needs Is does Mr.. Braley, and pre-
dict his election by a rousing ma
jority.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21

Republicans in Redwood county
will work with a will for the candi
date for Clerk of Court who hon 'rs
their ticket with his name. Before
MI. Ensign's candidacy was publicly
spoken of, we heard his character
for honesty and painstaking in bust
ness commended in the warmest
terms by a gentleman who knew
whereof he spake. We have our
selves seen pages of his manuscript,
written in an uncommonly uniform
and legible hand. We shall be sur
prised if this gentleman, uniting as
he does the positive qualities of un-
questioned integrity, clear-headed-
ness and clerical fitness, and the neg
alive ones of not being an Office
hunter or doubtful Republican; we
shall be surprised, we repeat, if these
claims do not carry him some votes
ahead of the presidential electors on
his ticket.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21

The Republican candidate for Pro.
bate Judge in this county does not
owe his nomination to personal pop.
ularity-to the fact that he is right
good fellow-but to the conviction
of leading men in the community
that faithful and indifferently paid
public servant, who had attended to
his official duties promptly and con.
scientiously for first term, ought to
be retained for second. The sound
ness of Judge Bowers political prin-
eiples is as undoubted as is his ability
to serve asJudge of Probate. In boil,
respects he has been weighed and
not found wanting.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21
"a MERE TENDER.n

Said cold resumption" Sherman in
his speech at Indianapolis last week:
"The Democratic party of the North
is now, as in the days of Buchanan,
a mere tender to the South, animated
by its old rivalry with the Republi.
can party, and by hope of public
plumber in the division of the spoils
of office" 1t is because this fact was
so clearly presented in the recent
canvass of Ohio and Indiana that we
are able to rejoice over the result Of
the October elections. The CONNER.
cial and industrial classes threw
their weight into the balance against
turning over the business affairs of
the country to the administration Of
self-seeking bankrupts, and the Dem.
ocratic side of the wavering scales
flew up with a bound.
The reason for this action is not
far to seek. Suppose that of three
men in partnership in an immense
business, one of them, whose interest
may be represented at about twenty
per cent. of the gross capital of the
firm; who had utterly failed in the
management of his individual affairs;
who was heavily involved in private
debts; who openly avowed it to be
his hrst duty to provide for horde
Of II eedy relatives suppose that this
man should insist on his right to be
made custodian of the funds of the
concern, and that he should be privi-
Ieged to draw its bills, issue its notes
Or repudi.ate the same at will. Would
his partners be accounted wise were
they to grant his demands? Unques'
not. Neither will the East
and West unite in serving as 'ten.
ler'' to their lawless and spendthrlft
Southern brother.
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Railroad Cuts.

A St. Louis special of the l4th
says: The number of tickets to Chi
cago sold during the past three days
is declared by the agents to be thirty
thousand. Nearly all of them were
bought for speculation, being of the
unlimited class offered by the Wa
bash. The rush for them continued
up to the closing of the Wabash
Office tonight. They have been de-
livered as fast as two men could
stamp them. The mania for specu-
lation has reached all classes, and
most of the tickets disposed of this
morning were in large lots. Mer-
chants are putting their surplus
funds into the tickets, and clerks are
clubbing together their dollars and
buying what they feel able to lay out
for while. Even the ladies have
gone into the business, and quite a
number have bought large amounts
of tickets. An agent of line which
is not selling the unlimited tickets
received letter from widow
friend this morning, saying that she
understood he would to-day sell I'M
limited tickets at 81, and asking him
to lay aside fifty for her. There is
no likelihood that the unlimited
ticket will 60 any lower than 81. 10.
One order for the unlimited tickets
to-day called for five thousand, and
the money accompanied it, making a
bulky package of bills. The Chica-
60 & Alton and the Chicago through
lines have been selling limited tick
cts to Chicago and Kansas City at
1910. The Wabash bulletined tick
cts to the same points at 81 less than
any other line, and sold them. Some
limited tickets were sold as low as
81 to travellers smart enough to set
Ia e agents bidding for their patron
age. TIE Wabash alone sells the
unlimited tickets.
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Al Causes Of Republican Success in Indiana

st. Paul Dispatch.
The principal cause of the splendid
Republican victory in Indiana was
the complete organization which had
been effected in the party. The State
central committee commenced its or
ganization as early as February, and
was unceasing in its efforts to enlist
the best working elements of the
party in each county and precinct in
the State. An organization was eff
fected from road districts up to Con.
gressional districts, so that every
Republican knew his place, and had
a duty to perform. It was, of course,
a work Of great detail and required
much patience and application. Such
work is always beneficial and always
pays either at the first or succeed.
ing election.
But there were other causes be.
sides organization which contributed
to Republican success. Mr.. John
G. New, chairman of the Republican
State committee, in an interview at
Indianapolis the morning after the
election, specified some of these ad.
ditional causes, the first being the
remarkably prosperous times. There
lis no reason why there should be a
change in the policy of the govern.
ment, when everything is moving SC
smoothly. The price of government,
bonds is advancing, the rate of int.
rest is decreasing, and every intcres,
is being fostered and promoted by
the Republican party. Then they
have had bountiful crops for two OF
three years in Indiana, and the peo
Pile are in good humor. The change
in the times from 1875 to 1880, says
Mr.. New, is as from midnight to
MONDAY. In 1876 everything was
against us. The panic had struck
us, and everybody was disguised and
demoralized, like man with sore
on his back who wanted to turn over
Now everything is prosperous, and
the people arc disposed to let well
enough alone.
The tariff question also entered
largely into the result in the larger
cities and the manufacturing and
mining districts, gaining for the Re
|publicans, it is estimated, 1000 Of
5000 votes. So, also, Mr.. Porter
the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor,was very popular. There was a
large decrease in the National OF
Grecnback vote. This party has
largely dissolved into its original
elements, part going to the Repub
licans and part to the Democrats
but the majority to the Republicans
The resumption Of specie payments
was the death knell to fiat money
and large majority of the Nation
ais have had the good sense to sec
it. They don't want a dollar that is
better than a gold dollar.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21
THE TEMPEST.

The storm of Friday and Sa.. urdaJ
last was widespread and very o.'sas
trous in its effects. Throughout tn is
State the railroads were blockaded
by snowdrifts, telegraph lines pros
trated, and travel seriously inter-
rupted on most of the roads. The
storm extended south through Iowa
and east across the lakes, blowing
down buildings in many places and
causing great damage. The heavy
fall of snow appears to have been
confined principally to this State
and Dakota. On the lakes the storm
was quite disastrous, and many losses
are reported. Among other losses,
we notice that of the steamer Alpe-
ma, Capt. Napier, from Grand Ha-
ven for Chicago, with all on board.
1t is supposed that seventy lives are
lost by this terrible disaster, among
whom were several St. Paul people,
and Mrs. Newton Bradley and her
daughters, of New Mexico. Mr.. B.
was for many years resident of St.
Panl, and at one time one of the
proprietors of the St. Paul Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21

A Bird Isla. I'd dispatch to the Pho.
neer Press, dated Oct. 18th, says;
On account of the terrible storm
which ragged here Saturday, but few
delegates attended the Republican
convention at Beaver Fa lis, the most
of those present going from a dis
lance the day before. 1t was there
fore decided to make no nominations,
and the convention adjourned to
meet in Bird Island on Wednesday
next in order to have a full conven-
ton. The Democrats will hold their
convention here on that day also.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21
rAdvertiseneut.1


Read the following correspond
ence, and vote for J. Wilson Paxton
for Clerk of the District Court:
REDWOOD FALLS, Oct. 10, 1880.
]. Wilson Paxton, ESQ.,:
Dear SIR: We, the undersigned,
voters of Redwood county, believing
that your election to the office of
Clerk of the District Court in No
vember next is not only due to you,
but would be in the interest of this
county, respectfully request that you
allow your name to be used as an
Independent candidate for that office.
We'urge upon you the following
considerations: You were appointed
by his honor Judge Cox to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
w. H. Hawk, at the solicitation and
by the request of numerous citizens,
without regard to political opinion
or preference.
You have faithfully performed the
duties of your position, and have al
ready expended much labor in an
endeavor to establish a system which
when carried out will be of perma-
ncnt value, and you should continue
the work already begun.
The Office is an important and re-
sponsible one, requiring for proper
discharge of its duties knowledge of
legal practice, business experience
and clerical ability.
You are a lawyer by profession,
with large business experience, and
the Judge of this district has pub
licly and privately endorsed you as
a capable and efficient officer.
You arc an "old settler" we'll and
favorably known, and in the early
days of Redwood county expended
large sums of money towards the ad-
vancement and improvement of this
county. Since your late return you
have been prominent in advancing
every measure looking to its pros
perity and growth. !
DellcVlnS CnaC merlC anu quallIlca-
ton should alone insure an election
to the office you now hold, and that
from your present acquaintance with
the requirements of the Office and
your we'll known anteccdents and
qualifications you will, if elected, dis
charge your duties with honor to
yourself and profit to the county, we
request that you permit yourself to
be named as an independent candi-
date, untrammeled by political ties
or party obligations.
Hoping for an early reply, we re-
main, yours very respectfully, =.
o. L. Dornberg, M. NJ. Madigan,
Hugh Curry, Ernest Wandrey,
j. Lichtwark, George Lechner,
G. p. Green, Peter Ortt,
John Blair, Eb. Watson,
NJ. Keller, L. II. King,
J. +. Deitzman, Joseph Sewell,
o. G. Martin, Andrew Cole,
Chas. Porter, Robt. A. Wilson,
And ofhors
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21

Hancock and English are both
sound on the ''nigger." English is
on record as firm in the belief that
slavery was divine institution, and
that the "nigger,' when free is
is nuisance which ought not to be
tolerated. Hancock is opposed to
.snigger domination" and the two,
if elected, could be depended upon
to let the south have its own sweet
will with the freedmen: The prin-
|ciples of Lee and Jackson would be
reinsta ted with shout.
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And others.

REDWOOD FALLS, Oct. 20, 1880.
O. L. Dornberg, NJ. NJ. Madigan. Ernest
Wandrey, and others:
Gentlemen: l am in receipt of
your letter of October 10th. 1 thank
you for your kind expression Of con-
tidence. In complying with your
request, that 1 should present my
name as an independent candidate for
Clerk of the District Court, do so
with misgiving. With no newspaper
to write me up, and no political party
behind me, I cannot reasonably hope
for success without the earnest sup
port of my friends.
am not a party man. | never
ran for an Office in my life. l have
always in local elections voted indie
pendently, and should have de-
clined party nomination.
But holding as I do that machine
politics should not control the cleo
ton of local officers, if 1 can be a
candidate for Clerk of the District
Court without personal conflict or
political animosities, and be free to
canvass for the votes of men of all
parties, l will consent to run for
the Office. If elected, l pledge my
self to discharge the duties of the
office to the best of my ability,
without fear or Affection" and with
equal courtesy to all.
Mr.. Ensign, the regular nominee
Of the Republican party, l under
stand is an honorable and worthy
man. Believing, as you say, that
"merit and qualification should alone
insure an election to the Office of
Clerk" will not, in the approach
ing canvass have one unkind word
to say against Mr.. Ensign, but will
insist that my friends and supporters
shall resort to no personalities or
unfair means to defeat his election.
If any voter in Redwood county
thinks that, for any reason, l am best
qualified for the office, I ask his vote.
If any voter thinks that MIR. En-
sign is more competent than | am,
or would more faithfully discharge
the duties of the Office, I say to
him, vote for Mr.. Ensign by all
means. Let us have the "right men
in the right places, and may God
prosper this county, the State and
the nation.
Yours respectfully,
J. Wilson PAXTON. ::
Mr.. Paxton in his letter says that
Mr.. Ensign is an honorable and
worthy man. But Mr.. Ensign stated
in the convention that he did not
want the Office, and that his nomina-
ton was forced upon him. -. :.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21

Mrs. Howe and Julia A. Gould; of
the exploded Ladies' Deposit Co., of
Boston, have been arrested and sent
to Jail in default of $40, 900 and &c.
600 bail, respectively, charged with
obtaining money under false pre-.
fences. The losses are estimated at
fully half a million, which is dis.
tributed among q large number Of
poor women.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21

Referring to Gen. Hancock in his
assumed character of statesman, Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher recently said:
"When my watch gets out of order
I never send it to the tinsmith, al
though the tinsmith is very respect
able man.'
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21

Our Democratic friend J. Wilson
Paxton is fond of his joke, and has
perpetrated one of his best this week.
His expression Of indifference for
party is particularly droll in one
whose opinions are so we'll known.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21

On March LIST, 1880, Mr.. Lowe of
Alabama introduced bill into the
House of Representatives to return
the cotton tax to the Southern States,
and moved its reference to the com,
mittee on judiciary, after having as
certained by a careful canvass that
it would recommend the passage of
the bill. Mr.. Conger moved that the
bill be referred to the proper COM
mittee, the committee on ways and
means, where it would have a fair
consideration and receive it's just
deserts-that is, be quietly put to
rest. We find Mr.. Poehler voting
against the amendment of Mr.. Con.
|ger, and voting along with Southern
members to commit it where it would
meet with a favorable report, and be
likely, unless vetoed, to take out Of
the national treasury something like
one hundred and seventy millions Of
dollars.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21
T.aLo C;%v T.oodor. Erorv ronuhl;

Lake City Leader: Every republi-
can in this district, who has the love
of country at heart will cast his
vote for H. B. Strait. In this ma
tional crisis, we mast be represented
by men who vote the right way.
We must confront the solid rebel
south with q solid union north.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21

Some disgruntled citizen suggests
that ours is getting to be a govern
mcnt by the barrel, of the barrel, for
the barrel.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21
FOR JUDGE OF PRcBArx:
JOHN H. BOWERS.

FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
Second District-J. s. TOWLE.
Third District-O. B. TURRELL.
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The Legislature Of Oregon has rec
ognized the right Of women to the
enjoyment Of the elective franchise.
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FOR REpRESENTATIvE-57T DISTRICT;
GEO. w, BRALEY.

FOR CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT:
FRANKLIN ENSIGN.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21

Republican majority $500 in Indi
ana and $4,000 in Ohio.
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---.-~m ravE AID Sls1l11V
The convention to %
a;d,te for Repre- ;,
srR Bstri''
Ven Tbr inmate car

Id inmate can
sentative from the
;. was held at Marshall
.rsday, Oct. l4th, at 7P.M.
NJ. c. Chamberlain, of Lac qui
lParle, was chosen chairman, and
Robt. Bingham, of Lincoln, secre-
tary.
On proceeding to ballot, the fol-
lowing candidates were placed in
nomination: Geo. w. Bralcy, of Red
wood; J. w. Blake, of Lyon, and
s. D. Pumpelly, of Lincoln.
An informal ballot was taken, with
the following result:
Braley.. ................. Is
Pumpelly... ...... s
A formal ballot was then taken,
with the same result, and the nomi-
nation of Geo. w. Braley was made
Unanimous.
The convention then adjourned,
with three cheers for Garfield and
Arthur, Major Strait, and Geo. w.
Braley.
The convention for the Thirty
seventh Senatorial District met at
Tracy on Friday, Oct. 18th, at 2 P. NJ.
S. D. Pumpelly, of Lincoln, was
chosen chairman, and G. III. Rich
. ardson, of Lyon, secretary.
; An informal ballot was taken for
a candidate for Senator, with the
following result:
S. d. Peterson, of Brown. 10
: J. F. Jacobson, of Lac qui Parle. Is
r A. D. Davidson, of Lyon. ...... S
A formal ballot was then taken
with the same result.
On the second formal ballot S. d.
Peterson received 81 votes, and was
. declared nominated.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS:
A. THATCHER, of Goodhue.
l.. G. NELSON, of Dodge.
j. T. WILLIAMS, of Blue Earth.
WIN. SCHIMMEL. of Nicollet.
KNUTE NELSON, of Douglas.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-21
FOR CONGREss-sECOND DISTRICT,
HORACE 3. STRAIT.

FOR sENArOR-3.Tu DISTRICT:
S. d. PETERSON.
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Yours respectfully,
J. WILSON PAXTON.

Mr.. Paxton in his letter says that
Mr.. Ensign is an honorable and
worthy man. But Mr.. Ensign stated
in the convention that he did not
want the Office, and that his nomina-
ton was forced upon him. -.
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Redwood Gazette
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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-07-13

HThs Toledo Blade, rampant Re-
publican sheet, has this to say In it's issue
of July l, OF the hanging OF Mrs. SUR
RAFT: So
"Mrs. Surratt was justly hanged, il
ever woman was. -
"Even had she not been, mo blame can
possibly attach to Gen. Hancock. He
could not have saved her, and It would
have been gross violation of dnty for
him to have interfered in any manner, or
neglected to carry out the strict letter Of
his orders.
"It matters as little that Mrs. Surratt
was an Irishwoman and aCatholic as il
would had she been an American and q
Methodist. She committedagreat crime,
and received deserved punishment.
ut is disgraceful for some newspapers
tn be attempting to excite prejudice
against Gen. Hancock on these grounds.
1t was matter Of soldierly duty. for the
performance OF which be is entitled to
neither praise nor blame. and il he were
to be blamed for it, Republicans should
he the last ones in the werldto urge that
censure. a4fgs$
ave expect to defeat Gen. Hancock,
this Fall. The Blade, will do fully %
much toward securing that defeat as any
other newspaper in the land, but it Can
not help despising the employment ol
any such tactics for that purpose. There
is enough to be said legitimately against
him and bis party, without urging against
him an act that the whole Republican
party approves and indorses."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-07-13
from the N. Y. World, June so)

General Slocum yesterday at an i'm
portant meeting of Brooklyn Democrats
made stirring speech, in the course Of
which he paid his respects to the Repub-
licans, who after filing four fiiths of the
administrative and executive offices Of
the country with soldiers, real or repnted,
now object to General Hancock that he
is "only q soldier" General Slocum
said:
81 notice that Republican papers say
General Hancock is nothing but SOL
dier. Well, there are 100000 soldiers
in the State Of New York who will vote
at the next election, and there are g..
600 in Pennsylvania. The Republicans
have presented soldiers over and over
again on the ground that they saved the
country. but when the Democrats bring
up one as candidate-and he one of
the most gallant men who ever wore an
American uniform-they say be is only
q soldier. No soldier statesman of either
party has given to the country more able
state papers than General Hancock
Take his state papers issued at New Or
leans He is proud of them; every
Democrat in the land is proud of them.
His career Is without a single blemish.
I have known him twenty years, and the
more his character is investigated the
better 1t will be for him and the brighter
will bis lustre shine."
General Slocum might have added that
in throwing down such a challenge the
Republican party not only stultifies itself
but makes it the work OF every true sol
dier in the country to take the stump tc
promote General Hancock's election.