It was double-leaded,--an emphasis rarely employed at the "Courier" office, and was condensed in a single brief paragraph that stared oddly at the reader under the caption "STOP, LOOK, LISTEN." It held Harwood's attention through a dozen amazed and mystified readings.
It ran thus:-- It has long been Indiana's proud boast that money unsupported by honest merit has never intruded in her politics.

A malign force threatens to mar this record.

It is incumbent upon honest men of all parties who have the best interests of our state at heart to stop, look, listen.

The COURIER gives notice that it is fully advised of the intentions, and perfectly aware of the methods, by which the fair name of the Hoosier State is menaced.

The COURIER, being thoroughly informed of the beginnings of this movement, whose purpose is the seizure of the Democratic Party, and the manipulation of its power for private ends, will antagonize to the utmost the element that has initiated it.