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8. That we join with our Irish fellow-citizens in 

 sincere sympathy with the efforts of their brethren in 

 Ireland to break up, by means of just legislation, the 

 large landed estates in that island, and to introduce 

 upon these lands, for the general good of the people, 

 peasant proprietorship. We join with them, also, in 

 the hope that efforts for home-rule in all matters of 

 local concern will prove successful. 



9. That it is the duty of Congress to adopt laws to 

 secure a thorough, radical, and complete reform of the 

 civil service, by which the subordinate positions of the 

 government should no longer be considered rewards for 

 their party zeal, which will abolish the evils of pat- 

 ronage, and establish a system making honesty, effi- 

 ciency, and fidelity the essential qualifications for 

 public ^position. 



10. That the industry, wisdom, and firmness of 

 President Chester A. Arthur meet the cordial in- 

 dorsement of the Republicans of Indiana. 



E. K. Hawn, Secretary of State ; Edward H. 

 Wolfe, Auditor of State; Roswell S. Hill, 

 Treasurer of State ; D. P. Baldwin, Attorney- 

 General; Jonathan W. Gordon, Clerk of the 

 Supreme Court ; and John M. Bloss, Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction, were renomi- 

 nated. For Supreme Judges, Judge William P. 

 Edson, from the First Judicial District ; Judge 

 J. G. Berkshire, from the Second Judicial Dis- 

 trict ; and Judge John F. Kibbey, from the 

 Fourth Judicial District, were nominated. 



The Greenback State Convention met in the 

 spring, and made the following nominations : 

 For Secretary of State, Hiram Z. Leonard, of 

 Cass County ; for Auditor, J. N. Armantrout, 

 of Clinton County ; for Treasurer, John Stude- 

 baker, of Wells County ; for Attorney-General, 

 M. W. Lee, of Muncie County ; for Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction, Carleton Bull, of 

 Howard County; for Clerk of the Supreme 

 Court, Jared Saiter, of Clark County. 



The Woman's Christian Temperance Union 

 held a session in May, and put forth the fol- 

 lowing platform : 



Whereas, By the action of the last Legislature of 

 Indiana amendments have been prepared to the Con- 

 stitution for the prohibition of the liquor-traffic, and 

 for conferring the right of suffrage upon the women 

 of the State, subject to the concurrence of the next 

 Legislature and a submission thereby to a vote of the 

 people ; and, whereas, we believe that both of these 

 proposed amendments are of vital necessity to the 

 ends of good government and the interests of human- 

 ity : therefore 



Resolved, That we will put forth our utmost endeav- 

 ors and use all our talents and influence to secure 

 the election of men to the next Legislature who will 

 submit the question of the adoption of those amend- 

 ments to the people for decision, and will use our 

 utmost influence, after such submission, to secure a 

 favorable result at the polls. 



Resolved, That we will not intermit our moral work 

 meanwhile, especially among the children, scattering 

 temperance literature, presenting our cause to reli- 

 gious and educational bodies, holding gospel temper- 

 ance meetings, helping the fallen, and encouraging the 

 weak and tempted. 



Resolved, That we cordially and earnestly indorse 

 "Our Herald," and believe that we greatly need, in 

 the peculiar phase of the work in our State, a home 

 organ, and that we will do all we can, by reports of 

 work done and soliciting subscribers, to make it fully 

 what it ought to be, as an agent to put forward our 

 cause to the final adoption of both amendments, which 

 we consider of equal value. 



That as money must supply "the smews 

 of war," we, as workers of the local unions, pledge 

 ourselves to use every available means to raise money 

 for the State Treasury, and promptly forward it. 



Resolved, That as we have no wish to add to the 

 already large list of ignorant and thoughtless voters, 

 we recognize the expediency of establishing a depart- 

 ment of franchise in our State work, in accordance 

 with the action of the last National Convention, having 

 a superintendent with whom local workers can corre- 

 spond, and who can supply information and literature 

 bearing on the duties of woman toward the Govern- 

 ment, and the relation of the home to the Govern- 

 mentj that we may be well qualified to act as becomes 

 intelligent citizens, legislating for the home. 



In October the Grand Temperance Council 

 of Indiana issued an address recommending 

 temperance people to support the Republican 

 ticket. On the other hand, those interested in 

 the liquor-traffic organized for the support of 

 the Democratic ticket. 



ELECTION RETURNS. The election resulted 

 in the success of the Democratic ticket. The 

 following is the vote : 



For Secretary of State Hawn, 210,234; 

 Myers, 220,918; Leonard, 13,520; Myers's plu- 

 rality, 10,684. 



For Auditor Wolfe, 210,540 ; Rice, 220,639; 

 Armantrout, 13,439 ; Rice's plurality, 10,099. 



For Treasurer Hill, 210,499 ; Cooper, 220,- 

 378; Studebaker, 13,359; Cooper's plurality, 

 9,879. 



For Supreme Court Clerk Gordon, 208,- 

 802; Sheerin, 220,246; Saiter, 13,284; Sheer- 

 in's plurality, 11,444. 



For Attorney-General Baldwin, 210,032; 

 Hord, 221,011 ; Lee, 13,438; Hord's plurality, 

 10,979. 



For Superintendent of Public Instruction 

 Bloss, 210,634; Holcombe, 219,177; Bull, 13,- 

 264; Holcombe's plurality, 8,543. 



Supreme Court Judges Edaon, 212,213: 

 Niblack, 229,550 ; Niblack's majority, 17,337 ; 

 Berkshire, 212,345 ; Howk, 228,053 ; Howk's 

 majority, 15,708; Kibbey, 217,474; Zollars, 

 222,625 ; Zollars's majority, 5,151. 



The official vote for the congressional candi- 

 dates is as follows, Republicans being elected in 

 the Sixth, Seventh, Eleventh, and Thirteenth 

 Districts, and Democrats in the other nine : 



First District Heilmann, Republican, 16,- 

 399; Kleiner, Democrat, 18,048; Nesbit, Na- 

 tional, 512. Kleiner's plurality, 1,649. 



Second District Cobb, Reg. Dem., 16,339; 

 Hostetler, Ind. Dem., 13,288. Cobb's majori- 

 ty, 3,051. 



Third District Walker, Rep., 12,538 ; Stock- 

 slager, Dem., 17,123 ; Green, Nat., 788. Stock- 

 slager's plurality, 4,585. 



Fourth District Holman, Dem., 16,640; 

 Johnson, Rep., 13,146; Thomas, Nat., 250 (?); 

 Holrnan's plurality, 3,494. 



Fifth District Matson, Dem., 16,851 ; Wal- 

 lingford, Nat. Rep., 13,298. Matson's majority, 

 3,553. 



Sixth District Brown, Rep., 19,562; Pen- 

 der, Dem., 12,249; Smith, Nat., 739. Brown's 

 plurality, 7,313. 



