The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-10
THE JOURNAL AND THE CONvEN.

TION.
The Journal is all tore up about the con-
vention. We have compared it before to
dog with an oyster can to its tail, and now
since the convention il has the appearance
of half dozen cans and package of fire
crackers hitched to it. George W. Julian
has had a most extraordinary effect on our
radical contemporary. He always skins it so
numerically and is SO easy about it, 80
natural like, that We have always had our
bowels of compassion yearn for the Journal
representative as he sits by and takes ii all
like little man." and when he gets back
to the office and tells the boys ''Julian's been
giving Us hell again. all the balance congrat-
ulate themselves that they were not present
during the operation. Whenever the Journal
quotes "Christless whelps" as coming from
Julian long time since, then we know it
is hurt; this is always the sign. Ii keeps it
hid away until Julian sits down on it and as
1t is being mashed to a jelly one can hear the
same old squeak, "Christless whelps." The
last time it used il was after Julian spoke at
the opera house last summer. Then the
Journal didn't know whether il had been
struck with lightning or the judgment day
had come, for few days, but as soon as
consciousness returned came the epithet.
We are are sorry the Journal is not pleased
with the convention. Ii was held for its
benefit TO some extent. The Journal
says the radicals are not holding any
conventions that they are quiet etc, etc
Of course the radicals are quiet for the same
reason that the New York World gave. The
party had four kings and an ace in its boots,
ready to swindle Mr.. Tilden out of any turn
in the game. The heather Chinee is de-
scribed as having very bland and childlike
smile, no doubt having its effect on the
whole Chinee nervous system, and il arose
from the fact that he had his sleeve filled
with aces, ETC., etc. The radical party was
very quiet all the time the whisky ring and
the credit mobilier were gnawing out the
vitals of the country; also when all the big
and little thieves were stealing everything
they could lay their hands on, but as soon as
they were found out there was as much CO.
motion as when Bill Nye caught the Chinee
at Ills ehlllOAlilB Ehlllt Oil, YES. the
Gals are quiet; they don't want any conven-
lions nor any elections. For the next move
in the game they have stocked the cards,
stolen all the best ones in our pack and
few that don't belong to either. The Jour-
nal speaks highly of Mr.. Voorhees, brain
power popularity, etc, after having time
after time heretofore delivered itself OF the
opinion that he was overrated, small cali
bre, etc, etc.
Mr. Voorhees, we all know here and we do
not propose to write his ulogy now, but
we remember well that the Journal
for the last twenty years has sell
dom had the fair and honest word
even for Mr.. Voorhees, that an opponent is
always entitled to. We admire and respect
him for one thing above all others-the fear
that Morton has for him. We believe that
he is the master of Oliver P. Morton. Per
haps that is the reason the Journal speaks
so enthusiastically of him. OF course the
Journal does not like Mr.. Gooding. When
Mr.. Gooding was known as "war demo-
'crat," and the country would have gone to
the dogs without the help of that element,
the Journal and the radical party used to
call Mr.. Gooding ''the patriotic and the elo-
quent Gooding." After the war
when Mr. GOoding refused to unite
with the new hybrid that seemed to be
formed for the robbery of the government
and the people, then the radical pa
pers began to abuse him and call him ''Dave
'Goodin', and the Journal brings out from
its closet, where it keeps its ''Christless
'whelps," until Mr.. Julian shakes the door
down, the same old vulgar 'dirty-shirt rene
'gade.'' It's remarks about Mr.. Hanna are
simply insulting and worthy of no answer.
The convention seems to have stirred up
the whole radical pack into very lively
gait. Even sleepy old Cincinnati is yawn-
ing. and the Gazette and Commercial want
to know why we're having such heavy
| lightning here i'm dead of winter.