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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-17

wood. over two thousand pounds of
flour, forty bushels OF coEn meal. six
bushels Of potatoes. etc. The process.
sion filled Main street for a distance
of eight blocks. The following Mon
day, the rival procession of farmers
residing along and near the National
Road west of town came in. 1t has
never been decided which of these
contributions was the largest. Both
claimed the palm.
The marlborough farmers having
started these generous outpourings,
concluded to put finishing touch to
the work for this season. On the
2Sth of March. they came into town
with a train of wagons nearly mile
long. Residents of Hillsborough (now
Whitewater) joined their neighbors OF
marlborough. The farmers along
the Liberty Turnpike also brought in
contribution. A new feature attend.
ed this demonstration. Fresh beef and
poultry were brought in. sold on the
streets to citizens. and the proceeds
given to the aid fund. One hundred
and ninety-two dollars were thus real
lied. One hundred and twenty-eight
cords of wood. over two thousand
pounds of flour, and seventy-five bush
els of meal. besides other provisions
were contributed. The whole donation
amounted in value to nearly thirteen
hundred dollars. The citizens had
prepared reception.
Feasted the Farmers.
The procession was halted on Main
Street. Hermon B. Payne made the
welcoming speech. which was respond
ed to by Elihu Cox of Nfiddleborough
Israel Woodruff of Franklin Township
and others. The citizens invited the
generous farmers to dinner, and the
day was one of general rejoicing. The
influence of these acts extended to
other towns. Ccnterville, among 9th
ers, received a large donation on the
10Th of March.
This commendable practice was re
vived the following autumn. On the
last day of October. the Middleton
ough patriots" came into Richmond
with sixty cords of wood and a large
quantity of provisions. The value OF
this contribution was over five hun
dred dollars. Governor Morton was
present by invitation, and addressed
the farmers and citizens. Generals
Benton and Mansfield followed in
short speeches. The wood was deliv
cred to the care of William Parry, the
township trustee, who distributed il
among the needy. On the following
Monday and Tuesday some fifty youns
men of Richmond formed "Saw-bucl
Brigade" and sawed and split the
wood for use
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thoroughly equipped and supplied %
the front, put down every attempt At
insurrection thome. and. by theAmers
force Of his tremendous personality.
thus kept Indiana in the Union and
very possibly saved the Union from
complete disaster. With heart and
nerves of steel. he laughed at the in
cessant plots to assassinate him. met
attempted violence by the instant, un-
sparing and effective use.of force. and
opposed to the political cunning and
desperate demagogy of his enemies his
own mastery proficiency In the field
of practical politics. For two years
he thus held up the hands Of Lincoln
and of the great generals in the field
utterly needless Of the terrible person.
lal menace which defeat in he ,strug-
gle held for him. Then. after these
years of black strain. victory, came.
and in Indiana, as elsewhere. sthe e.
forts of the Union and Of liberty
|triumphed.
Like Greeley and Sumner. after the
war Morton did not stay on the level
to which he had risen. Unlike Greeley,
land Sumner he had no share OF prom
linence in public life before the war.
But his services during the war itself
We're of incalculable value. Sumner
and Greeley have received their re.
ward in fame. and they deserved the
thigh praise that they have received
for the way in which they aroused the
conscience OF our people and called
them to do their duty in the struggle
for the right: but Morton. comparative
lly neglected as q national figure,
stands as typical OF the men to whose
iron strength we owe 1t that In the
sstruggle itself the right won.
| The position OF Lincoln is solitary.
THAT OF no other man approaches 1t.
Aside, however. from him and from
the great commander in the field. to
no leader in the civil war does this
country owe more than to Morton Of
Indiana. -
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A Famous Utterance

feet on his audience" said Mr. Dorm.
er. 1T was to this effect:
A Famous Utteranee.
ITO my dissatisfied countrymen--
you are laboring under no oath to de-
stroy this country. I have just regis
tered in heaven an oath to protect, pre-
serve and defend this government
Mr. DOrmer was a resident of Wash
ington at the time the war broke out,
having been appointed to position in
the congressional postoffice, located in
the Capitol and was, therefore, wit
ness to many of the exciting scenes
which preceded the opening of hostili-
ties. Later he was transferred to the
patent Office. where he was at the time
Of the secession of the Southern states
and when all attaches Of the govern
ment were armed for military duty as
a special guard for the defense of the
government buildings.
This was made necessary" said
Mr.. Dormer, through the action of the
Baltimore mob which attacked the
Sixth Massachusetts regiment as it
passed through that city enroute to
Washington. the regiment being un-
armed as 1t expected to be accouter-
ed in the latter city. II was feared that
some similar outbreak might occur in
Washington at time when the gov
eminent buildings might be unprotect.
ed an hence the arming of all govern
ment employees. Benjamin F. Butler
was in command of the Sixth Massa-
chusctts and later became a major.
general He Is the man. as you know, y
continued Mr. DIrmer, "who cleaned
up New Orleans and 1t has been clean
or comparatively SO, ever since. But.
Ter was one OF the Northern Democrats
of prominence who supported the pres
ident in his measures to preserve the
union. Douglas Of Illinois. and Nor.
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WAR VERY COSTLY
TO wayne COUNTY
Claimed Best of Its Young
Men and Took Half Mil
lion from Treasury.

Sherman's famous remark War is
hell" was keenly realized in Wayne
county during the sixties.
Nearly all the able-bodied young
men in the county. during the four
years of the war were at one time or
another, under arms and in the field
Also the war was terrible strain on
the financial resources of the county
From 1861 to 1865 $379,O 93.35 was ex.
pended for bounties and $1S4.35O was
expended for relief or soldiers fam.
lilies, total of $3.50, 443.35.
The winter of 1928 was a severe
one upon many families, whose sup
port and providers were fighting for
their country. The aid societies made
frequent appeals to the citizens for as
sistance and were thus enabled to al
leviate much suffering. One morning
in January. 1863. twenty-five wagons
loaded with wood, and one with flour
meal, potatoes, etc., suddenly and un
expectedly made their appearance or
the streets of Richmond They were
from the farmers in the neighborhood
of Middleborough, and were for the
laid and comfort" of soldiers families
A band of musicians volunteered theil
services. and hosting the national flag
the donation was paraded through the
streets. and then delivered where
needed. On Saturday, February IA
a delegation came from Boston town
ship, bringing more than sixty cords
of wood. three thousand pounds Of
flour and meal, besides other provi
sions. A spirit of rivalry in this goot
work. was soon developed, and the
various neighborhoods in the vicinit,
OF Richmond We'd with each other II
contributions of this character.
Brought In Wood.
On the 2Sth of February the farm
ers residing along and near the Nation
al Road east from town, brought in {
large procession, ninety-two cords o.
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be compared in difficulty and import
ance with that which fell upon the
Governor of Indiana
Indiana was the most doubtful state
in the North, the state in which the
Confederate sympathizers formed
themselves into secret organizations,
such as the Knights of the Golden Cir
Gle. and were bent upon accomplishing
their purpose by violence. A vivid pic
ture of just what the southern Indiana
secessionists really were is given in
Caroline Browns knights of Fust-
IAN There was nothing from armed
revolution to assassination, which
they did not seriously threaten. They
were frankly disloyal to the Union and
frank in their adv ocacy of the success
OF the Confederacy. Indiana's geo.
graphical position was such that seces-
sionist control of the state would have
split the Union, from the Canadian
border to the edge of the Confederacy.
nearly in two.
In 1862, in the time of general de-
preston and reaction, the Democrats,
| under the most extreme and violent
secession leadership carried Indiana
and controlled both houses Of the leg
islature. Governor Morton had charge
of the armed forces Of the state. The
legislature resolved to take from him
this power and vest it in itself, with
the avowed purpose of recalling the
Indiana troops from the front. AS it
could not pass such n measure over
Morton's veto. the legislature append
ed it as a rider to the appropriation
bill, announcing that no money to run
the government would be appropriated
unless the Governor yielded in the
matter of the troops. To yield would
have been very possibly fatal to the
Union cause. Morton refused to yield
Taking advantage of the provisions OF
the Indiana law he allowed the legisla.
tive session to lapse and declined to
call the legislature together. He had
not a penny with which to run the
state, but he never flinched, never fal
tered for one moment. He came on to
Washington and got some money from
| Stanto, and in New York, by his per
sonal pledge he secured the remainina
funds necessary from the great patriot
ic banking house of the Laniers. Their
for two years, with iron WIFI and iror
hand. he ran the government on the
| money which he had thus borrowed or
his own responsibility, met all the de
mands made by the national authori
ties for troops. kept his troops
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Another Moaning.

"A traveller to the north on the Great
Northern railway. having delivered his
luggage to,the care Of an alert railway
porter. proceeded to make himself
comfortable in the corner OF q first
class smoking compartment. The por-
ter. having performed his duty. came
to the carriage to report, not without
expectation of acceptable reward.
WELL" said the passenger. II see
by the letters g. N. r. on your cap.
'Gratuities never received
mot quite that, SIR" replied the por-
ter. touching his cap peak. 1T might
mean .gratuities never refused" And
the way that porter smiled when he
left the carriage betokened his salts
faction at the material result of his
smart answer and the service he had
rendered. Mail.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-17
RODT. OORMER SAW
LINCOLN SWORN IN
Well Known Local Man One
4 OF Few Living in City
Who Witnessed 1t.

Robert o. Dormer. one Of this city'a
BEST known pioneer residents whose
memory covers some OF the most in.
teresting events In the country's his.
tory. especially during the period OF
the War Of the Rebellion. owns q
picture. which possesses not only arts
tic quality. but 10 Of historic value.
II 10 . handsome engraving and a
reproduction of 4 painting done in the
White House shortly after Lincoln's
inauguration. representing Lincoln
reading his hrst proclamation to the
members Of his cabinet. who included
some Of the political giants Of that
time. Fine. strong faces are these, OF
the type peculiar to that strenuous
day. Seward Of New York. the fam
Gus secretary Of state; Stanton and
Chase. both OF Ohio. secretary of war
and Of the treasury respectively: and
Gideon Welles. Of Connecticut, secre
tary Of the navy. are the best known
TO the present generation. although
Blair Of Baltimore. postmaster general
and Bates Of st. Louis. the attorney
general. we're equally AZ conspicuous
IN the sixties.
However. Caleb b. Smith OF Indi
ana. the secretary OF the interior. Ia
tho figure In this aggregation of war
celebrities who possesses the most in
terest locally. Smith being native OF
Connersville. and representing this dis
trict In congress with distinction, be
Ing ~ prominent during the time OF
his incumbency as George w. Julian
and others OF his successors.
Smith Was Able Man.
Smith was regarded as one OF the
ablest and safest" men in the nation.
81 legislature. and in such esteem was
he held that his selection for Lincoln's
hrst secretary of the interior was re.
garded IN happy one by all factions,
both for political and administrative
reasons. While this congressional dis.
trict 10 not made up now Of exactly the
same counties as then II Ia approx.
mately 20, Wayne and Fayette being
included. and Smiths selection pleas
"a lndianians.
Mr.. Dormer 10 one Of the few now
ssvsss9 NV wow sGOCut ~ tuo ut ct III
auguration Of Lincoln and states that
the occasion was Of unusual impress.
iveness on account OF the ferment in
which the country was seething and
because Of Linccln's personality and
the uncertainty as'to his future action.
When asked how Lincoln impressed
him personally. Mr.. Dormer said
AS q brilliant man."
"While Lincoln had none Of the
oharacteristics Of the man in society.
Or the dandy" went on Mr. Dormer.
his uncouthness has been exaggerat.
q. He was the plain. common man OF
Ne people. to be sure. but he dressed
we'll and In the style Of the profession.
d and business man Of the day His
individuality made him an unusual
and imposing hgure and the trifiing
matter Of dress passed unnoticed.
n remember one Of his inaugural
utterancos which made q profound ef.
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II IL customary for the post in the
city where the annual G. A. II. encamp
ment is held to nominate the only can
didate for the office of vice depart
ment commander. The Sol Meredith
post OF this city has paid one of Its
most prominent and active members
John r. Davenport the honor OF nomi
mating him for this office. Mr.. Dav
export Is a former street commission
err and member OF the board OF public
works and takes an active interest in
the Richmond Chautauqua, which is
held every August.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-17
Had kiia Hands Full.

JudgeWhy didn't ron sei1a IL
thief when you found him1
Policeman-How could II had my
club In one hand and my revolver In
the other%F1iegende Batter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-17
a Disaskec.

Hostess fr. SQuibs = going % sdns
Z comic song. Guese-I knew some
thing would Aappen. upset the sali
at the dinner table.-Stray Stories.
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feet on his audience" said Mr.. Dorm
er. 1T was to this effect:
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-20
The following notice Of Menke & cole


The following notice of Menke & Cole
mans show, to reach St. Joseph next
Wednesday, 18th inst, is taken from an
Ohio paper and is very complimentary
to this show, which is making its first
trip down the Mississippi River:
The Menke & Coleman show boat will
play a return engagement at Chillicothe,
Monday, August p. They do not prom
ise change OF program for the people
want to see the same show that was pre-
sented last Monday evening. which resi-
dents say was absolutely the best show
ever seen in Chillicothe, either in opera
house or on the river, and as fine a per-
formance as the big city theatres put on
The King of Kazam is a comic opera,
full of amusing situations, adequately
and even generously costumed, with tune
ful ditties and dialogue. The vaudeville
acts are also good. The between act watt
have been cut down since the boat was
here and the performance will 90 of in q
rush. A commendable thing about this
show is that no vulgarlty or questionable
acts are permitted. Everything is clean,
wholesome and amusing. An overflow
| ing house should greet this performanc9
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-20
Bridge Letting.

The undersigned Committee Of the Po-
lice Jury of Tensas Parish, La, will re-
ceive bids for the construction of bridge
at the Ranch Plantation in Fifth Ward Of
this Parish, said bridge to be constructed
Of heart pine or heart cypress lumber.
Bridge, So feet long; width, IL feet; four
spans Of IA feet each; said bridge to con-
tain ), SCI feet OF lumber. Bidders to bid
for construction only, also to furnish ma
terial and construct. said bids TO be adj
dressed to Messrs. Jno. Murdoch and b.
r. McVey. Committee, at Newellton, La.
Said bids to be opened on Tuesday, the
18th day OF October. Right reserved 10
reject any or oil bids.
For detailed specifications Of bridge
apply to II, II, Whitney, Clerk Police
Jury, st. Joseph, La.
JNo. MuRDocH, ! Committee
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-20
As to Registration.

At the Democratic primary election to
be held in January, 1912, candidates Of
the Democratic party win be nominated
for all State and parish Offices from Gov
ernor and United States Senator down to
ward constable. II You want to exercise
your right as citizen and taxpayer to
east your ballot in this important cleo
ton II will be necessary for you to pay
your poll tax by December 81, 1911.
This requirement applies to all men be-
tween the, ages of p and go years, citi-
zens OF the latter age being exempted
from the payment Of the tax.
Men who become p years of age dur
ing 1911 must pay this years poll tax,
and register. in order to qualify them
selves for participation in the January
primary.
Poll taxes are payable TO the sheriff.
REGISTER NOW.
To vote in the January primary it is
necessary, also, 70 register. There ART
three qualifications under which per-
sou osn register. namely:
1. The educational, under which the
applicant must be able to read and write
and must demonstrate his ability to dc
so by filling ont an application in the
presence Of the Registrar without aid Of
suggestion.
,. The property qualification. under
which the applicant must be assessed fol
$500 worth OF real or personal propert,
and must make oath to this fact befor'
the registrar. The applicant, under Thu
qualification, need not know how to reat
OF write.
3. The Section qualification, under
which the applicant, If he be registered
under Section Of the constitution O
1898, need only appear before the regis
trsr and make oath that he Is so regis
tered. The applicant does not have e
read and write.
Uunder all publications II is necessary
for the applicant to state his party aiiili-
alton, and IL he wishes 10 vote in the
January primary he should declare him
self to be Democrat.
The registrar OF voters win have his
Office open daily at the Court House until
the time limit fixed by law antedating
- -. 1870 r.. AZ, T,<,..,..,,,.afs,. MI
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-20
RspeIt Of the Grand Iury.

To the Hon1. John S. Boatner, Judge Of
the Tenth Judicial District Court in
and for the Parish Of Tensas, State
of Louisiana.
Your Grand Jurors, duly empanneled
for the October term Of Court, beg to re-
port that they have examined into such
matters as have been presented to them
md have reported true bills where the
facts justified. They regret that they
lind there have been several killings IN
the parish since the last term Of this
Court, but that outside Of these crimes
they find that there has been little crime
in the parish, upon which fact the citi-
zens Of the parish are to be congratulate
I'd.
We have examined the public build
ings and find that they are web kept,
and are in good condition excepting the
water works Of the Court House We
think that the necessary money to put
the waterworks OF the public buildings
in good condition would be wise ex-
penditure on the part Of the Police Jury.
w. N. DAVIDSON. Forman.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-20
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1911.
A SHAMEFUL INSULT TO THE
STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.

The State Democratic Committee
of Louisiana, at its recent meeting
in New Orleans to fix the date OF
the primary elections for the nomi-
nation of public officials, according
to law set Tuesday, January %,
1912, as the day, and in case all
the nominations should not be made
on that date and second primary
be required il was fixed for Tues
day, February 20, four weeks later.
1t SO happens that February 20
will be Mardi Gras Day, the Gull
minating date of Isouisiana's great
carnival holiday. Although the State
Committee is composed of leading
citizens from every parish in the
State, and surely there must be
some honest and patriotic men
among them, and, as the Picayune
fully believes, they are all entirely
trustworthy and devoted to the pro-
motion Of the best interests OF the
State in the public functions en-
trusted to them, the Times-Demo-
crat seeks to faint and smear the
Committee with the scandalous sug-
gestion that the Committee might
have intentionally chosen Mardi
Gras Day for the possible second
primary in order that the people
may be distracted and diverted by
the holiday enjoyments from at
tending the election and doing their
dnsy as citizens.
The words of the Times-Democrat
are as follows:
Whether this unfortunate coincidence
was contrived by accident or design, the
State Committee, dominated by the ma
chine which is running Mr. Michel as its
candidate, has cGinmitted, we submit,
grave blunder. If the thing was premed-
ifated in the hope that an election on
Mardi Gras wonld diminish the country
vote and permit the heelers of the city
ring 10 profit by the larger license Gus.
tomarily tolerated on the big carnival
day, it will prove, we think, an error
ouite as fatuous and costly as was the
injection Of ward politics into the city
school system. Deliberate injury, for po-
litical advantage OF dubious sort, OF the
city,s business and of the carnival, OF
which most 0rleanians are deseryedly
proud, is hardly calculated to win sup
port iorthe ring, once the trick Is ex-
posed.
How astonishing and how shame
full that cur political journals are so
ready to accuse every man in Louis
lana who performs a public function
or holds a State Office of rascality,
corruption and crime! How about
those they are booming and boost
ing for office? Some of them are
already in the public service and
Others have been. Why is it that
they are not rascals and robbers
also?-Picayune.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-10-20
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