The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-01
TWENTY THOUSAND
Democratic Majority IN Indiana!
That is the Way it Looks Now. But 1t May be
Larger.
From the Cincinnati Inquirer.

SoUTH BEND. Ind, Oct 27.-Northern
Indiana is is aglow with democratic en-
thusiasm. have been in Marshall, Stark,
St. Joseph and Kosciusko counties, and if
the democratic counties in Southern In
diana do as well as the republican counties
in Northern Indiana, this state will give
90, 900 democratic majority.
If Senator Winterbotham can defeat
Maj. Sunf1ower Calkins in this district, the
democrats will carry ten out of the thir-
teen districts. From what | have CLEANED
in the counties l have been in, / think
the senator viii beat Callxfns from 800 to
900 votes.
a few days ago Maj. Calkins met the
leading republicans here in eonsultion. 1t
was just after the Ohio election, and he
was sad and melancholy. He told his
friends he feared he would be beaten. His
friends said he was too blue-that he had
800 majority behind him, and his defeat
was impossible. He said: Gentlemen.
that is all very fine but we lost Ohio. Re-
publicans who had from 5000 to 1000
majority have been beaten, and the tide is
against US. l am in the same boat"
In this district, as in others, the repub-
licans will trade off the state ticket for
congressman and for local syndicates.
Calkins is one of Hubbell's PETS both be-
itsg in the congressional returning board,
and acting in harmony in counting out
democrats who had from 1000 to 5000
majority Out Of friendship Hubbell is
sending more of his blaek-mail corruption
fund into this district than into any other
in Indiana. 1t is reported that from &c.
600 to $4,000 has been sent here to elect
Calkins. The next largest amount has
been sent into Peele's district, Indianapo-
lis, TO help beat young VIM. English.
Calkins friends claim his election by a
reduced majority They claim 500 in st.
Joseph, 600 in Elkhart and 800 in sKosei-
usko, and concede that Witerbotham will
havK 300 in Starke, 800 in Laporte and 700
in Marshall which gives Calkins 200 in
the district, or 700 majority less than he
had two wears ago. The fact that Caikins
and his friends conoede loss is very en-
couraging to the democrats. The latter
claim that they will carry the district for
the state and congressional tickets by the
following vote: Laporte, 800: ST. Joseph,
even Elkhart even; Starke, 300; Marshall,
700 and. Kosciusko. 300 republican. Civ
ing 1,200 democratic majority in the dis
trict.
Z don't want to say anything dishonest,
but IN view of the fact that Calkins was
the chairman of the committee on privi-
leges and elections, who failed as the
1curled beauty of the house. and fought
vigorously to unseatgdemocrats who were
elected by enormous majorities, he ought
not to be permitted TO retain his seat in the
next house. even though he had a million
majority.
A vigorous and damaging night is being
made upon Winterbotham because of his
employment of convict contract labor.
This question is raising its head in both
Indiana and Ohio and the two parties
have to meet and remedy this crime upon
the workingmen and blot upon civilization,
or che workingmen will snow both of the
parties under. Both democrats and repslb--
1icans are equally responsible for this relief
of barbarism.
There is large spriakling OF Germans
in the northern counties of Indiana, such
as you find in Auglaize and other counties
in Northwestern Ohio. and most of them
will vote the democratic ticket this
year for the first time, on the liquor ques-
ton.
Ben Butterworth is to speak here next
Monday night
The democratic organization in Indiana,
under Senator Mcdonald, is the most per-
feet thorough and effectual I ever saw.
You can get out the rooster, and q bigger
one than yeu had for Ohio. The demo
Gratis over here all expect it. Indeed, they
are CRYING for it. PIcAwAy.
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