The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-08-22


A caucus Of Ito r. ". b. A managers
was called for huntineburg on last sat
ur,iay, 20 make arrangements for Dix
blow out. AMI sppoinI delegates 70 a.
Congressional aud representative con
xensina. Al The same time csucns o.
The Republican manager. was called ~
'sheir Chairman 70 meet IN that city, 20
'ersorsa me Blowers county ticket. and
select FOR the Issirr fhc delegates Il was
expected would be appointed u The corr
ventions, and. also, probably instruct
them whom. 90 vote for in convention.
The approval Of delegate By the Bow
ess was 10 BE- III pay nsnt ~ endorsement
81 the Reps. ~ the Blowers coi.nty
ticket. ana the whole thing wa 10 nc
done by both contracting parties Fecret-
IA. and al candidates ss-c 70 be branded
As flowers tho Rcp>. not assuming any
public responsibility for them The
scheme was nicely arranged BY The lead
ars, who imagine .hSy own tho rank and
Gle Of voters il each organization. But
~The best laid plans OF mice and men
. Att gsng sglee."
1 The Republicans mot, and carried out
their part OF the bsrgsin ard sale. os
agreeing 70 privately endorse tho Alow-
ers ticket. 4nd not nominate any OF their
own, and selected good straighi-out he
prblic1ns A. lelcgstcs Tor the blowers 10
appoint, AMI sent them mp the list, ex-
pecl!ng, ofcourse, II would be done with
out = whimper. here's where they
were sadly disappointed.
4 The Blowers caucus was stormy one t,
and several times members hid tn Be re-
minded not ~ speak so loud, or they
would be overheard hv outsiders, and
vet the sound Of their voices would pcne-
trste through the closed doors and
windows, much to the annoyance OF the
Republican would-bc managers.
4 We arc Informed thai the fun opened
\ when Nj. Cooper made speech de-
lnonucing Senator VOORHEES,, and saying il
was desirable to appoint delegates 10 .
\ Representative cor vention tor Lawrence,
Orange and Dubois counties, SO that :
man might be nominated who would be
lpledgcd 10 vote against Voorhees, for an
other term IN the L. s. Sensts.-that
X Mt. Doane, OF the COURIER, seemed TO
think Voorhees, was the only man who
lcoaii represent The farmers Of Indians
properly, AMI that be Cooper wanted
ltu slow them that there WAS other men
i(slcvev .or MicnenerD who would do
better in',fc Il. ). Senate than VOORHEES,.
This was replied 10 Mr. c. X. Norris. of
Y Gaze 10 vnship. who reminded members
'lof the r. NJ b A., who went iuto the
Organization with honest intentions TO
TRY ana benefit farmers generally, that
Senator Voorhees, Ind advocated. aud in
troiucrd ard voted for bills IL tho SEN
ate. embracing tie doctrines now pro-
fessei nv the Z II. =. A.. before this or
gauixation was formed, and that be siiIi
continued. AZ every opportunity, 70 urge
Tho adoption OF measnres 0. relief for tie
'Ia1ricuitural interests. he thought il
was III bad faith for any II. NJ. B. 4. man
.lfo lcnource senator voorhees,, or want
10 40 anything against his reelection.
N Another Republican boss then cx-
lpressed ILL., surprise ,ha; any Il. NJ y. a..
n Farmer should endorse srrh strong Old
marty r.sn - Voorhees,, aud declared
such an endorsement was treason 10 the
'As.ociation, il not treason 10 the coun-
try, nearly equal 10 the firing on Sump-
liter III 1851, and he hoped the chair would
lnos permit further expression Of any
''such reasonable thoughts
This reused the ire Of w. 4. Kemp, 3
v veteran 81 four years service in the late
war, aud lie iet the caucus know that he
\ was an a!ruircr OF Voorhees,. aud always
had been, and did not believe in the doc
ltrinc OF protection or manufacturers az
1.-THE expense Of farmers, as does Hovcy
and Nichcncr, and could not vote for any
man for Representative. who would
thus oppose the doctrine OF equal rights
|lfor al. upon which the r. M. d. a. was
founded, aud he was In favor OF the eau
'lcus adopting q resolution instructing
their candidate for the Legislature 10
vote for d. w. VOORHEES, for U. 5. Sena-
'ltor.
This was like shaking . red rag In the
!, face OF mad bull 10 the Republican
bosses, and they fumed, and wanted to
lexpcl Kemp.
N Just then several members discovered
lie Republican messenger from that eau
Gus, with the list OF delegates prepared,
and John w. Kemp wanted 10 know II
they were playing second fiddle to the
I Republican caucus, aud IL the Republi-
cans expected 10 force the Democrats TO
lobvy the z. o. p. orders, after crying out
against both old parties This exposure
created such confusion that the caucus
broke up Ia row, without doing any =
thing il was called 70 do. The Republic
can members got together by themselves
4 afterwards. and resolved that in future
y Democrat members should be excluded
from confidential caucuscs, and tried 70
/; TX the fences up-Dut Of their success
!, or plans adopted, We are not at present
Uniformed. The above, however, show.
Democrat 4. n. u. AS what TO expecl
: hereafter.
\ STATE FIxAScEs.-We call the atten
! Ition OF our readers to the article on Stat'
! finances. ana the responsibility for th
I increase OF the STATE debt, IN which ever.
lfawnavnr "a tNtrrcSlqI. uutiiehcd on on