The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-09-25
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1880.
THE QUIRKs OF QUAKERDOM.
philadelphia letter-Was Joel Cook n Rebel
Sympathizer t-FOrney to go to HARRIS
burg if he can-BObby Fitzgerald has the
same Observation-Disclosures buster.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 24-Verily the
degenerate lot of journalist is not
50 bad after all ; occasionally ray of
sunshine brightens his miserable ex-
istence, and makes him happy. This
is when the delinquents pay up and
times are generally lively for business,
as they will be under Garfield in 81
There are newspaper men, however,
who, not satisfied with the degrada-
ton Of their profession. try to solve
that problem that Ingerson and others
have worried themselves about" Is
there HE'LL by being led into poll
tics. When man goes into politics
he is irreclaimably, irrevocably lost.
Talk about saving men from the wiles
of women, whiskey and gin punches !
They fade away into insignifcance be-
side Of politics.
COOKS TRIBULATIONs.
Mr.. Joel Cook is a newspaper man,
and is associate editor of the Public
Ledger He is a graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania, and began
his journalistic career on the Press
In the latter part of May Of '65 Mr..
Cook began his duties of correspon-
dent of the London Times He is
now the Republican candidate for
City Controller. Now some of his
political opponents, as political oppo-
nents will do, have been throwing
mud at Mr.. Cook, saying that he
wrote letters favorable to the South
during the rebellion But there it
ends, as Cook began to write in '65,
and the war had folded it's tents and
stole away for a summer vacation
then.
AGAIN TO BE A SHEPHERD.
The mills of the gods are slow, but
sure, retribution comes at last They
talk-the Democrats do-of tender
ing Progress Forney the nomination
for the Legislature in the Fifth Ward.
wonder how the Colonel feels with
the probability of such a fate hang
ing over his head
Still another journalist treads the
path, this time a young one. Robert
L. Fitzgerald, of the Sunday Item,
one of Colonel F'itzgerald's sons, is
spoken of as candidate for the Leg
lsature from the Fifth District
They say the Young Fitz," as he is
called, is quite power. One time
Mcclure, of the Times, ran for Mayor,
that was all He didn't catch it. He
medltated suicide, but no, he would
have his revenge on mankind, ire
spectlve of party, and he in the full
atroclty of his nature, sprung an
"mdependent paper on a long suf-
ferlng public. When a disappointed
politician goes and starts an indie
pendent sheet, he is on his last legs,
and should be pensioned and led
away to the home for infrm and
parayzed politicians. But what has
made Mcclure SO mad of late is that
ne called the Maine election the
Waterloo of the Republican party,
and now the papers are guying him
numerically.
, Some well informed persons say
mat Pennsylvania is good for 10000
republican majority, and that the
$4,000 majority in Philadelphia will
swell somewhat. Some Democrats
think differently.
PIoLLET's BLUsTER.
1t is reported that Senator Piollet
sad; " We are going into Philadel-
p PM this fall with majority Of 90
oCO for Hancock and English, and we
Will carry the city or burn the damned
town We will not vote as we shoot,
out we will shoot as we vote. The
e1y belongs to us, and should give us
democratic MAJ ority unless we are
uerauded out of it, and if they do
[nat am for shooting every Repub-
hcan son of -"
1t will be seen by this that Piollet
evidently has Southern blood in his
Veins
Inc democrats gave a ratification
parade last Saturday night, and
paraded until one o'clock in the
morning They looked fine, and
were enthusiastic. I saw some so
lull OF the campaign spirit of Han
cock and English that they had to be
'ah l5, off in push cart.
The Spectator is the name of a new
eolored paper to be issued by Davis
q Co., on Saturday, 25th.
jim Blaine, by special invitation,
viii speak here on the 25th, when
mere will be a grand Republican
demonstration, for which active pre-
partitions are now being made.