The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-09-04
HARRISON AND OhTH.
A Tame Reception to the Former by
the Friends of the Latter.
nth Scents Victory from Afar, but He
will Never Get a GOOD whfn.

Regular Correspondence of the Sentinell
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. 26.-Well, we have
had your lttle-great-man Harrison here to
enlighten us in matters political, and haz-
ard nothing in saying that those who listen
ed to him were very generally disappointed
in the man. Instead of man of enlarged
and comprehensive views, showing decent
respect for the opinions of others, as real
gentlemen never fail TO do, we were enter
tanned with surfeit ofrepublican fiapdoodle
we'll calculated to disgust the fair minded of
all parties. He commenced BY eulogzing
the grand old republican party as he
called it, averring that it had never done
anything wrong from its inception to the
present day, and it was bound 70 work out
still ''grander" destiny than it yet had done.
The ''grand old party has of late come to
be gate fayorite expression with your
popinjay republican orators. who are fond of
emitting high sounding words without re-
gard to their truth or appropriateness If
there is any thing so very grand" about
that party l fail to see it, and / know it is
not very "old, " for recollect very well when
it was hstched from the egg of know moth
ingism little over a couple of decades since.
Certainly that is not so very 'old," is it?
From the grand old party the general
went at the Potter investigating committee,
which he vehemently denounced as ''revo
lutionary." 1t was the original in
tention, he said, to unseat Hayes by
means of this committee, and the plot by no
no means yet abandoned, Notwithstanding the
resolution OF the house disclaiming any such
purpose.
He next tackled the finances, which he ham
died with that profundity which comes to
republican greatness such as his. 1t is
scarcely worth while to follow the little
great-man through all his labyrinthine
twaddIe for the purpose of proving that
John Sherman and the great money power
were the only reliable forces to work out
better destiny for long suffering people
Suffice it to say that there was nothing what
ever that bore the least resemblance to orig
inality OF thought, except, perhaps, his sug-
gestiop that Plan Buchanan and his follow
ers of the national organization were all
idiots, and ought to be colonized upon some
one of the Guano islands, there to work out
in practice their theory of fat money by
themselves. This brilliant sally of facitIous-
ness was received with very audible smiles
by numerous of the grand old republicans
present, among whom was Mr.. Orth. In
fact they were quite uproarious with delight
at the originality and quaintness of the sug-
gestion. go
At the close of General Harrison's
speech Mr.. Orth was called for and came fow-
ard and made a few remarks complimentary
of Harrison's speech, and said that he had
started on the road to Washington and he
expected to get there, never yet
having failed to do so when be
once got started. Mr.. Orth is
always very confident in predicting success
whenever he is up for Office. Everybody
recollects when he ran as the republican
candidate for circuit judge here several
years ago. In his speech accepting the
nomination he sand he felt it in his bones
that he would be elected. But his bones
deceived him; he was badly beaten by Andy
Ingram. And two years ago he started on
the road" to the gubernaiOnal chair, at In
dianapolis, but he didn't get there Every
muchly," according to the best of my recol-
lection. He has now commenced making
sorties into the rural districts, where he
agitates that nasty old bloody shirt with
fearful vigor. But / have not heard of his
offering any sort of explanation of those
Venezuelan complications, which, unex-
planned at that time, were powerful enough
to hoist him off from the ticket for governor
two years ago. Why don't he get that pad
lock" off his mouth, as he threatened to do,
and speak out about these veratious charges
that have been and are still so very damag
ing to him? OBSERVER.