The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-05-21
THE JOURNALS coNNIprIoN FIT.

Whenever it becomes our duty to take
the Journal to task for its follies we feel a
degree of apathy for it which bears some
relation to that of considerate parent when
a child has to be spanked. We know the
Journal will below under the infliction and
affiiction, but still our duty to the public
does not permit us to withhold the slipper,
and the spanking has to proceed. The
Journal takes tremendous interest in the
benevolent institutions of Indiana. To hear
it howl, one would suppose that the Repub-
ican party owned them ALL and possessed
sort of a "divine right" to govern them,
fill them full to overlooking with Republi-
can officials and employees, from superintend-
ents to scullion, draw their pay, snap their fin
gers at Democrats Nationals, and men of all
other parties and hold on forever. Any
thing that tends to disturb this nice little
arrangement sets the Journal to jumping
and humping, dancing and pranc-
ing, frothing and hounder1ng, and
playing such fantastic tricks gener-
ally as would make angels laugh.
In the case of DR.. Mcintyre, the Journals
nonsense knows no bounds. 1t is as mad as
March hare. 1t plays the fool more
blatantly than usual. 1t csvorts and snorts,
kicks like Southern mule and brays like an
ass. Look at its declarations. It main
tains that the benevolent institutions
have not been Republican hot
houses where Republican plants have been
nurtured and fostered and warmed into
vigorous life Still DR.. MacIntyre has been
unable to find in all OF the country single
Democrat for teacher-all were Rspubli-
cans. Look at it; analyzs it; scrutinizs the
fact and then ask if the Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum, under DR.. MacIntyre's administration,
has not been school for the promotion
of partisanism2 The fact sticks out all
around the institution. 1t is voiced in every
act. 1t is proclaimed in every sign 1t Is
seen throughout the entire workings of the
institution More than half OF the popula-
ton of Indiana-indeed, more than half of
the people of the country, are Democrats
but DR.. MacIntyre, if we are
correctly informed, has not been
able to find Democratic teacher-not one
All are Republicans partlsans. They
have been quietly installed and quietly
draw their pay from the State treasury.
Still, the Journal proclaims that the benev-
olent institutions of Indiana, under Repub-
lican management. have been free from
partisanlsm. This must be changed
1t is an insult to the in
telligence OF the State; it Is gross out
rage. 1t is utterly indefensible. 1t is low,
mean, venal psrtisanism. There were good
reasons why the Journal should have
shown less feeling in the case of DR..
Mcintyre. In fact, the doctor should have
interested himself IN seeing that the Journal
in his case did not make
an ass of itself. If the Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum had not been governed by partisanism,
it is easy enough to see that at least one
Democrat, just for the looks of the thing, if
nothing else, would have been employed as
teacher. Nothing further is required to
stamp the whole management with
partisanism than the fact that no Demo
crat was employed. Possibly very little
has been said about it. 1t would have been
waste Of words. Republican officials have
no place for Democrats when they can con-
troll affairs. But when Democrats obtained
the power to change the management, tall
was in order. To expose the policy
OF the hepuoncdH party Dccdme al
imperative duty, and, as a result
the Republican party steps down and out
All the teachers will not hereafter belong t,
the Republican party. Common decenc.
should have kept the Journal silent; but it
nepotism gets the better of its modicun o
discretion, and hence its idiotic raving:
The public Is thoroughly advised q
to the cause of the Journals disturbe
condition. Republicans, like printers, lik
s'fat takes" They do not know, how to lie
go gracefully or die with dignity. To pull
Government teat ont of . Republican
mouth causes contortions equaied only b.
extracting q sound molar. But th
public sees through the entire pr
ceeding, and understands the sil