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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-06
An Old soIdier.s Prayer.

f.. T. Greasy in Dakota LeAier.
Oh Lord, if Governor Cleveland Is elected land
| guess he will be). and Governor Hendricks is
chosen Vice president (which appears very prob
able(. ] pray Thee to spare Mr.. Clevelaud's life
through his term. For Thou knowest that Cleve-
land has an unsavory name; yet thou kuowest that
Hendricks has one which IS far worse, While |
was "a soldier fighting for my country, Hendricks
was a copperAead fighting to destroy that coun-
e eJI A a o Lord whijo INV servant HSroham
Lincoln, vas h~onoring Thee by giving freedom
to 1000, 900 of Thy creatures, Hendricks WAS
r%eviling him and saying that "Lincoln is a
smutty old tyrant,' and that we, tho soldiers,
we're his "hirelings."
Therefore pray Thee that Cleveland may
live and not die, and that Hendricks may not
succeed to the Presidency. For while | can live
in content under tine government Of a Democrat,
it would sorely vex tho spirit of thy unworthy
servant to be ru.ed over by n comprehend. Amen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-06
WOmen's Health.

"'The principal cause of woman's i'll health,
said the doctor, lis that they ignore the old say
ing. Mems sana in corpora sano.' The majority
of women who have passed their twentieth year
know next to nothing about the cXertion of mind
and body. To begin with, woman is nodded of
finer clay than man and is of course more sus
ceptible to injury. They do not observe the
rules of hygiene so uniformly as men do"
Explain matters a little more in detail,
Doctor
'Well, women do not eat. drink or dress with
reason. They nibble too much. Their stomachs
are constantly at work. 1t is almost
impossible for that organ to Secrete any
ehyle-that is, the juice which acts rs u dis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-06

Dangers to Future Methodism. Fourth day
Rise and Progress of Methodism in Canada;
Methodist Pioneers and their Work; Is Method
ism Losing its Power over the Massesl Fifth
day-The Aim and Character of Methodist
Preaching; Methodist Means of Grace; The Doc
trinal Unity of Methodism; Guards to the Purity
of Our Doctrinal Teaching. Sixth Da y-The
-Four Points of MethOdism: Heart Conversion,
Assurance, Christian Experience and Sanctifca-
ton; The Influence of Methodisn on Other De-
nominations; Value of the Press to Methodism;
Value of the Periodical Press to Methodism.
Seventh Day-Place and Power of the Lay Ele-
ment in Methodism; What Methodism Owes to
Women.
The essays on these various topics viii average
three quarters of an hour in length, and each
will be followed by a promiscuous discussion,
lasting from half an hour TO an hour. All the
churches will have representatives amongst the
e~ssayists. not excepting the colored branches.
Extraordinary interest will attach to this gath
ering. from the fact that it will be the first re-
union the American Methodists ever held, as well
as from the additional fact that, owing to the
bitter animosities which have existed, il is only
within recent years that such a gathering has been
deemed practicable. Many are wondering what
the outcome will be. DIR. Ridgaway, ~fraternal
delegate from the VI. Z. Church to the last Gen
eral Conference of the NJ. +. Church South, ex-
pressed the hope, in his mastery address to that
body, that at this centennial gathering. held in
celebration of the Christmas Conference, the dele
gates might wake up some morning to find that
old Santa Claus, or some better being,
had dropped into their stockings the
ripe apple Of organic unionl This,
however, could scarcely be anticipated by any
one not overcome, I'D the Doctor and his audi
ence were, by the seductions of pleasing oratory.
Nevertheless, such a gathering as that which as
semhles on Tuesday caLlot fail to bring the
separated bodies together. No apples of union
may figure III the proceedings, but neither, on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-06
Handsome Teeth

Are always admired. Wards Cream Of Chalk,
the best Dentiflice eXtant. contains no acid.
Price 81 cents, Browning & Sloan agents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-06

An endless chain Of certificates verify the ex,
cellence of DR., Balls Cough Syrup. Price, IS
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
WHATS This:

In the Logan Republican publish
ed in Hooking County, Ohio, of the
date of June Is, 1882, the following
appears:
"Hon. James G. Blaine and suite
were at the Railroad Hotel last
Thursday night, and left the valley
on Friday evening. Mr.. Blaine and
other gentlemen of his party are in
terested in the great Standard Coal
and Iron Company, which is buying
all t~he-fdrnaces in this region, and
also controlling much of our mineral
lands. Their purpose for the pres
eat time here is in part to LOOK at
the Hooking Valley Railroad with a
view to gettieg its capitalists to 60
into the syndicate. This is the cor
.poration of which we spoke some time
since, and is the one distinguished
as the $75, 900. 600 syndicate. 1t is
said it has actually $25,0oo,00o to
invest"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
The sradigan Circulars.

Every Catholic in America shonld
read the following affidavit made
Daniel Buckley, an honest citi-
zen of Augusta, Maine, who al
employee in Blaine's house, when the
infamous Madigan letters were circu
lated.
l, Daniel Buckley, of Augusta.
Me-, on oath depose and say that I.
was in the employ of Hon. James G.
Blaine, at his residence in this city,
during the four years from 1873 to
March, 1877; that during the politi-
cal campaign of 1875 my attention
was called 20 a large pile or stack,
some two feet high, of printed circu
lars or documents in the house. The
pile had been wrapped up 10 paper
and tied up. but when my attention
was called to it it was open at the
top, the string being united. 1t was
a pile of Madigan circulars, as l saw
with my own eyes. I read the circu-
lar. 1t made an attack on Mr.. Mad
igan as a Catholic. / took one of the
circulars. / was excited about the
circular because it attacked my re
ligion. / further saw that this pile
of printed copies of the Madigan
circular was done up in small pack
ages and shipped away from Mr..
Blaine's house. The said pile of
circulars was in Mr. Blaine's office at
the house. My attention vas first
called to said pile Of Madigan circu-
lars by two domestics of Mr.. B~laine's,
who were Catholics, who had fully
as much feeling about the anti Cath
Ollie circular as l had. l did not
make public the fact that these cir
culars were distributed from Mr.,
Biaine's house. Ideemed it q matter
to be kept private on account of my
relations with the family, and il
would have remained so had 1 not re
ceived information that Mr.. Blaine
had sent word to one of the leading
Catholics of New England that, on
his word of honor, that he never hac
anything to do with the Madigar
circular in any manner. Knowing
as / did, the facts as / have statec
them, I felt compelled to do my dut,
TO myself and those of my religion!
faith and state IT, e truth.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
It is not a higher tariff. il is higl

LaNs
1t is not ahigher tariff, it is higher
morality in our public men that this
country need. If Blaine really be-
Iieves there is nothing Inconsistent
with honor anddntegrisy ia lbs let
tiers to Fisher, this only proves the
moral Ilooseness Of the
man. Neither a high protectivetarif,
nor a moderate tariff, nor free trade,
nor any system of taxation, direct
or indirect, would save from wreck
and ruin the business of a country
governed by dishonest money-makers
like Blaine and his Railroad and
Star-Route Thieves.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Gen. Ewing for Cleveland.
Lancaster Eagle.

Weeks ago, a malicious and will
full liar sent a telegramo.fromlL Lam
caster to the Cleveland Lender stat
ing that Gen. Ewing had expressed
himself for Blaine. The lie was
manufactured out of whole cloth, as
Gen. Ewing was not interviewed
while here. A friend of Thomas
Ewing has been authorized to make
public the following letter:
New York, October F.18S4.
DEAR S1R:-Yours of the 2Sth was
received. I have not said I would
vote for Mr.. Blaine, and I don't in
tend to do so. Butt shalt take no
active part in the canvass, partly be-
cause of professional engagements,
but chiefly because my respect for
Mr.. Blaine forbids me taking the
stump against him in this campaign
of savage personalities.
Very truly yours,
Thomas EWING
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

Gen. H. V. Boynton, who for so
many years the Washington cores
pendent of the Cincinnati Gazette,
and is now of the combined CONNER
cial Gazette, recently declared to a
Cincinnati Enquirer reporter that he
would not submit to a.formal inter-
view, the Enquirer says, "the Gen
eral politely demurred, stating that
he thought it would be indicate
when the position of his paper in the
fight was taken into consideration.
He further said that he differed radi-
cally with his paper on the Presi-
dental question, and had not written
a line of political opinion since the
unfortunate nomination of Blaine"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
The CorruptIonl.t. in Ohio.

IkOLu ~ 4NOW 4NS"Es
Colonel w. W. Dudley, Chief of
the Pension Bureau, has offered his
resignation, to take. effect on the
tenth of November, and it has been
accepted. The papers announce at
the same time that Colonel Dudley
is to have charge OF the Republican
campaign in Ohio. Capt. Ogilvie,
chairman of the State Committee has
been virtually superseded and MI.
Blaine assumes personal charge of
the canvass, through Col. Dudley, of
Indiana, who has already spent a
week or so at Columbus, in q very
private way, and taking a very con-
siderable sum of money with him for
distribution. The head of the de-
partment of the Government which
disburses from $6O,0O0,0O0 to $780,
600 million annually is 70 lei factor
in a campaign like this, where the
corruptionists are to make their last
desperate stand, c~ontesting inch by
inch. On the eve of the Presidential
election of 1880 we did not know
how millions could be stolen from
the postal revenues. But now we
know how it was done. We know
how q portion of it went to enrich the
star reuters, how q portion of it went
into Indiana, and we know also how
the thieves were allowed to slip
through the fingers of the depart
ment of justice.
There is no one mor familiar
with the tactics resorted to in
Indiana than the able chieftian who
is now to take charge of Ohio. Col,
Dudley has not been idle in his late
visit 20 Columbus. A list of the
doubtful precincts where money
can be used to advantage, and a poll
list of each has been made for re.
ference. The local lieutenants are be-
ing selected for definite instruction
and those who became %conversant
with the stupendous schemes of cor
ruption carried out in Indiana il
1880 can readily form an estimate o
the methods now to be employed il
Ohio.
The Columbus special to the Louis
Vile CoURIER-JoURNAL says:
a"The Internal Revenue Department
furnished the funds for the campaign
of in 1872. The Treasury, Army
and Navy Departments jointly furn.
ished them in 1876. In 1880 Brady
the actual head of the P~ost-ofice De.
partment, went to Indiana with Dor.
sey and a big corruption fund, and
subsequently developments disclosed
the fact that the corruption fund wa
largely a percentage of the Star
Route Stealings.
The head of the Pension Depart
ment now comes TO Ohio in 1884, the
depleated treasury Of the committee
is suddenly filled and the head of
that department is to direct affairs
and see that the State goes Repub-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

The PRESENT Tariff is Just what
the Republicans have made it after
twenty-three years control of the
government. What is the result?
Wheat eighty cents a bushel and
miners killing the farmers cattle in
their fields in Ohio to keep from
starving! In the face Of these facts,
what was the use Of Jim Blaine going
around the country brawling about
the tariff.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
The New York Sun said in 1ss;

The New York Sun said in 1882:
Grover Cleveland, now Mayor of
Buffalo, and the Democratic candi-
date for Governor of New York, is a
man worthy of the highest public
confidence. No one can study the
record of his career since he has held
Office in Buffalo without being con-
vinced that he possesses those high
est qualities of a public man, sound
principles of administrative duty,
luminous intelligence and courage
to do what is right, no matter who
may be pleased or displeased thereby.
What. was true in 1882 is 5doubly
true now; for Mr.. Cleveland has
given further and still more pratical
evidence of his high character as a
public man by his administration of
the general office of the Empire State.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16


The U. S. Sapreme Gourtasis' said
to be about three years behind in
its cases, and at the rate I5ewe cases
are coming in there is no prospect of
clearing them up soon. Tie ten
dency in law is to fight a case as
long as possible in the court below,
and then carry it to the highest tri
bunal. In consequence many petty
cases are carried to the supreme
court unworthy of their time and
consideration; and these are requir-
ing the time which is SO valuable in
other aud important matters.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

lican. In my estimation there has
been nothing so significant in the
national campaign as the movement
of Col. Dudley in Ohio"
This. together with the fact that
Col. Dudley has asked to be relieved
from the Pension Bureau, in order to
take upon him himself these desper-
ately active duties, shows that official
corruption in Washington is as RAM
pant and rs dangerous as ever, not
withstanding our civil service reform.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
business Interests Demand {
Change of Adminis.raIiOn.

H HsH
The failures that have occurred for
some months past, and the depress-
ion that has existed in all branches
OF business, have for the most part
their origin in the unwise policy of
the Republican party and its NAL
administration of the affairs of the
government. A tariff that under the
pretence of protecting the American
wa kingmen takes from his pockets,
and from those of the people gener-
ally, more than q hundred million of
dollars every year in excess of the
largest needs of the government,
must inevitably be to those who be-
lieve in it a delusion and a snare, for
production under it, SO long as it is
restricted to home consumption,
must frequently be in excess Of the
home demand and under the stimu
lus of competitor can only create
spasms OF activity to be followed by
Intervals of enforced idleness. What
the workingmen want is steady and
continuous labor at fair and regular
wages. But the Republican party is
arranged before the bar of public
opinion for other shortcomings. The
accusation brought against it is that
during the twenty years it has had
possession of the government there
is no n department of it that. has
not become more or less demoralized
Gigantic frauds Of the treasury have
been publicly proven in the Star
route trials, while every n of the
accused has escaped punishment
Malfesance in Office has become a
thing of common occurance, and
looseness in the conduct of affairs
amounting often to recklessness, has
been visible everywhere, from til,
subornation of Congressman in thu
Credit Mobilier transaction to thu
bribery of federal officials by tn
Western whisky rings. The conf
dence of business men in the activity
and stability Of trade. and of capata
lists in the possible success of specu
lative enterprises is largely depend
ent ON the policy of the government
and the manner in which its affair
are administered. But of all men til
workingmen are the most deeply in
~terested in having an honest an
economical government, and in tn
adoption of a policy that will nc
only tend to secure them steady wor
at satisfactory prices, but that wi
also protect them in their just rights
The time is ripe for such a change
There are very few Inflated value
remaining. By the shutting dow
of mills and the stopping of furnace
and factories as a result of our bul
densome system, manufacturers hay
been enabled TO dispose of the create
part of their surplus stock while tn
workingmen are kept idle. What
wanted to hasten a return to tbs
prosperity which is the normal COZ
dition of the country is such chang
in the administration of the affail
of government as will inspire conf
dence in the future, and give ever
reasonable hope that the welfare
the whole body of the people wi
hereafter be considered paramount
: to that of any particular class of cit
zens, or to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Q
any one political party.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

1.-THE business revival will begin
ifBlaine and Logan shall be elected"
says the Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette. This is meant to encourage
the toilers in the ore-banks of
Southern Ohio, where women and
children in rags are working for 25
and Is cents per day. Why should
the election of a Republican Presi
dent be necessary to ''revive" bust
ness? Have we not had Republican
Presidents for twenty-four years?
Haven't we a real nice one now?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

7 "a u n q ="
The only thing which "a possibly
defeat the election of Grover Cleve-
land and the return of the Demo
cracy to power and influence in the
nation is the Wholesale detection of
some large organized class of voters.
AT present there is no Indication of
treason for it must be apparent to all
that any body of men who conspire
for the defeat Of the principles for
which they are at the point of sue
eessful elimination, are committing
q crime compared to which suicide
is a virtue.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

Blaine had a motive for denying
his investments. He does not wish
honest voters to ask one another,
"where did Blaine get all this
money!" With $3.50. 900 in a house
in Washington, $163,OOO in coal
lands in Allegheny county, Pa, and
an unknown amount in railroads and
coal lands in West Virginia, he did
not want his Hooking Valley and
other heavy investments to be known
too. He tried to lie out, but the
truth speedily overlook theflies
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

Blaine saved some of the Star
Route thieves from being indicted,
and, with the assistance of Brewster
and Bliss, secured the acquittaf of
those who were tried, and now every
Star Route thief alive is whooping
for Blaine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

When an employer or an en-
ployer's boss talks about wages be-
ing lowered if Cleveland is elected,
let the working man remember that
they are just as low now as the EN-.
ployers a force them, and further,
that the employers would be the
first to vote for Cleveland if they
thought his election would result in
lower wages.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

The Republican papers calls the
publication of the Mulligan letters
"mud throwing" Well, if it is,
Blaine made the mud, and Of a con-
sistency too that insures it to stick
and it does stick.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
Turn the Out.

Stolen under Grant (first term, J
$s,765,729.77.
Stolen under Grant (second term, J
$4,374, 1925.
Stolen under Hayes, 81, 724,523.s1.
Stolen under Arthur's three years
$1,000, S0O.27.
Stolen during twenty-three years,
from Lincoln to Arthur, inclusive,
$45, 527,625.27.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

Governor Cleveland asked the last
Republican Legislature TO appropri-
ate sufficient funds to allow la5oring
men to continue work on the Capt.
toll. This the Republican Legisla-
ture refused to do, pr%eferring to
squander the State funds on combi,
nations and political investigating
committees rather than for the bene.
fit of workingmen.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

Butler tells the Lowell working
men that jay Gould always wins"
There was a time, Butler may re-
member, when Jay Gould did not
win. That was when the Massa.
chusetts demagogue was sitting in
the Pacific Railroad Committee OF
the House and struggling as the paid
attorney of Jay Gould to defeat the
Thurman act.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

Having now confessed the sub.
stance of what the Indianapolis Sen
tiael charged, regarding his marri-
age. Nj. Blaine, instead of demand
ing $4,000 damages, should COM
promise or six cents and pay the
costs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

The "scratcher' wasn't around
very much last Tuesday in this coun-
ty. The medicine prepared by the
Bosses had to be taken, however IN
pleasant.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

Blaine said he wanted every voter
to read those Mulligan letters and
hoped every paper in the country
would print them. Thus far we have
looked in vain for them in the Eaton
Register, and yet chat paper pretends
to be for Blaine. Let it oblige Blaine
by publishing those letters. Come
now, n o fiinching.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16
OHIO \
WHAT DID IT.
$ $;
4%
I'm RIOT AND BLOoDSHED!
A Triumph Of Corruption!
The SHOTGUN Policy Double
Discounted +!
BY U. S. Deputy MarshaIs!
The State Claimed by 10000
Republican Majority !
West Virginia Democratic
by 6,OO0l
lT~H Aas1-
The State Claimed by 10000
Republican Majority !
West Virginia Democratic
by 5000!
James e. Campbell's Major
ity over Morey 1872!

At the present writing, (Wednes-
day %noon,) Republicans are claiming
to have carried the State on Tues
day by a majority Of 10000, but the
returns are so meager and scattering
that it is impossible to give any
figures that would be reliable. That
it has gone Republican through the
use of money, and the assistance of
u. S. Deputy Marshals illegally ap
pointed to take charge of the voting
precincts in the city of Cincinnati,
there is no doubt, but the victory
under such circumstances is a dam
ming infamy and a national dis
grace, that every honest Republican
in the land ought to feel ashamed of.
The presence of these Thugs and
scavenger negroes around the polls,
flourishing clubs, rerolvers and other
deadly weapons in the faces o fdecent
and quiet citizens, brought on riots
and blood-shed in the city of Gin
cinnati, which resulted in the killing
of an %inoffensive colored man, and
the serious wcunding of several
other citizens. That is the way the
Republican party is determined to
continue itself in power! What do
you think of it honest rejecting men?
Do you not think it is time to call a
halt in such business?
JAMES E. CAMPBELL is certainly
elected in this District-LEFEvER in
the fifth, and HILL in the sixth. 1t
is reported that ANDERSON in the
fourth District is beaten by SINKS by
a small majority.
Republicans are claiming fourteen
Congressman sure. They seem to
go on the principle of claiming every
thing, and then stealing what does
not belong to them. 1t may be sever.
al days before a correct report can
be had of the result. If Congress
does not investigate the Cincinnati
infamy and outrage, it may just at
well disband and let the country re
main undisturbed in the possession
of the Republican party, until it be
comes SO obnoxious that a genera
uprising and revolt will bring abou,
a change.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

Everybody got a vote in Eaton
last Tuesday that wanted it! No
difference about residence or citizen
ship.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-16

Take your dose straight, was the
order.of the Republican Bosses last
Tuesday. It was done!