The Indiana State sentinel., 1874-02-10
PARTY REMNANTS.
SHALL IT BE sBURIED OR STOOD {
ITS FEET.

Chicago Tribune, of yesterday. says: The con-
dition ofthe democratic party as represented by
Democratic members, is uncertain this morning.
Some of them think they killed 1t but refused to
bury the corpse, and that 1t is now being walked.
Southern members who aspire to Congress from
Democratic districts afraid they will get no
encouragement from the farmers; and anti-mo-
nopolists are anxious to retain the magic Of the
Democratic name. They refuse TO put the corpse
under ground away from the sight of men, and
tion of developing signs Of vitality. They injected
Tom Hendricks into the caucus and he performed
entered tho psrty was as dead as a red herring:
but, when he began 10 blow about S,OvOOO
cided to stand by the corpse a while longer,
and. II they could do nothing else, POSTPONE Its
burial Gov Hendricks was very ioSiisn lis 70 , go
nittee was sent after him. and he could not re-
sist their wheedling He went, and was aston
ished to find reporters there.
INDIANA's GOVERNOR.
(Froul the Chicago Tribune
The members of the Illinois legislature who
once belonged to the democratic party have been
holding a sort of protracted meeting to consider
whether there is any such party left or not. The
prevailing impression has been that there Is no
tical juncture. Gov. Hendricks, of Indiana.
remembering that there was such thing as the
We are probably not mistaken in assuming that
the governor had q call thfther TO oppose the ex-
QtcldEkllOn
FOR the democratic party in this state Gov.
Hendricks attended the caucus, and, although
very reserved said that the three million demo-
Gratis in the country were two strong to disbaDd
and he looked forward 10 the time when they
could oyerthrow the republicans. This parable
fore. Even assuming that there was that num-
Der in 1865, and that the same number
be in still more hopeless minority.
Ths whole vote of the country was not poied in
several @ Us states WI VIII m not Be less than s,SoOSov
The army OF 300ooo0 Will be OF ne avail in a
1858, the Democratic party has not grown
stronger. It has received no recruits. Those
61 IN h sne & party ons nave py Of no IN Msst a e
Democrats who get to congress from pocket
districts have been In league with the Repubh-
can party for hire and salary. No scheme Of
corruption or robbery has been practiced by the
Republicans without giving them share. They
sure to vote for a job grab as the Republicans.
and 1t is a ready answer of the Republican sal
ary-grabbers that the measure received more
VOTES FROM DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS
than from Republicans. In order to clinch that
fact, and make it a perpetual stigma upon the
Democratic party, these same mem.
as their candidate for speaker. I'm
fact, the democratic party in congress has been
airy OF the worst and most dishonest faction OF
the republican party. There are some intelli- ELI
gens ~ anG S fs tg eax er 10 MAKE t ge
ersl classification more conspicuous. Under
these circumstances, how are the three million
sertion, and purchase, to become ma
Jority Of the ely-increased vote of 1876?
Does Mr.. Hendricks imagine that the
themselves IN party of winch Fernando wood
bugler? The party of Reform intends, among
other things. TO punish the salary grab Can they
for lit It than even the Republicans? Every intel,
ligent man knows that the Democratic party,
since II the wsr has served no purpose Ss n but to
parison. Every intelligent man knows that, If
= that party would dis6snd and cease to exist,
the elements of opposition to the corruption OF
the Republican Party would very speedily Pc In
ns tne aSd BLOCK ans
IL is to be regretted that Mr.. Hendricks,
whose personal record is unsullied. should
throw 1t out of the road. We venture To pre-
dict that, whatever he or the members Of the
cratic party IN the held Of illinois politics next
THE DOCTORS IN CONSULTATION.
IFrom the Chicago Times.l
Another consultation among the political
doctors, who for the last fifteen years have been
prescribing for the ailments Of very sick old
at Springfield on last "Wednesday night. A
prominent Indiana doctor Of the name
IN IN Se tSe city, Wss also present. at % the
consultation. Among the more conspicuous Of
Wsis, MSsphy, BafioS Marsh. IcoreS Marrins
tSn on beEa rOSG Of himself and
other doctors who had been appointed tc
port port whether in their Judgment there wa,
any ground to hope for the patients recoy-
sFy lifted nS IN Rg iS no oT TO ast at
all hope of recovery, but in reality already a.
dead as a smeltCet All events, that the smell mel
sidering that the patient was dead, the com
mittee Of doctors had concluded that the
was that the corrupting- old cadavel
should be buried speedily as possible
a majority of the doctors were inclined to agree
and they were proceeding to adopt the report o
committee when Doctor HENDRICKS put In al
Appearance, and, on Invitation proceeded to Civ
his opinion. Doctor Hendricks is practitione
OF the ancient sangrado school. holding tina
blood-letting, salvation, and enfeebling Of tn
system by warm water,a sovereign and inialll
Ele remedies for every possible form OF dlsesss
Doctor Hendrtc,s denied that the poor old pauen
KICKED THE BUCKET.
True, he had been greatly reduced by loss {
blood, loss Of muscle, and loss of everything els
essential to the maintenance of vital energy
true, he had fallen 70 state of such feeblenes
was SO slight as not to be easily perceived 3
less experienced doctors than ,h himself s,,
patient was in fair way of recover,
In the substance OF the patients body ther
st to be a fact, because he had reckoned th
number Of molecules Oft democratic party
s o5 10 hf the STn New YelK
for q patent. So long as the patient had S,0oe,o
molecules Of matter in him, the PatleI
would not and could not die; the S,Ooo,O
molecules wouldn't let him: IN
was q scientific conclusion which ever
disciple of the ancient and time-honore
sangrado school knew to be infalliDly tru
The molecules would not disband, would ne
change their mode of aggregation; nothin
could make them do 1t; therefore IL was IN III
possible for dissolution to take place. ~
6ufrid stencil emitted by the ancient bod
was not an indication of dissolution, but W. W.
rather an indication OF convalescence. ~ ~
Hendricks seemed 70 have considerable II
1fuence on the minds of some OF the asset
f,led doctors q Doctors Casey, Murphy, Shun
way BaIlou, Rogers, Brown, Walls. and one
two others were convinced tnat Doc1
Hendricks was right In holding tnat u
poor old patient neither dead nor g
ING to die. Doctors Youngblood, eAlexande
Moore Brooks, Stroud, Kehoe, and few othe