The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-17
REPUBLICAN PFRPLExITIEs.

The Republican organs and oratOrsare sadly
embarrassed by the political outlook. They
try to peer into the future, but seeing little
plumber in store they are not happy. The
hogs which were feeding near the Sea OF
Galilee. once upon time. were not more
demoralized when the devils took possession
OF them than is the Republican party, as the
almanacs say, "about these days" The Re-
publican party, like a leopard, makes a
pretty good showing in spots, but the trouble
il experiences are chiefly inward. 1t is
troubled with worms. reptiles and creeping
things Dorsey is still in the Republican
party and so is Hubbell, Il. B. Hayes. How
gate and kellogg, J Madison Wells and
John Sherman, and here in Indiana the Re-
publican high officials, who ''connived"
at such internal rascalitieS as bribing election
officials to stuff ballot boxes and falsify
election returns" to carry the State for
Porter and Garfield. are still in the Republic
can party, and the Republican rascals who
aided the escape OF arrested villains for
violating the election laws OF Indiana in
1856, and were rewarded for the crime, are
still in the Republican party Like trichina,
they are in its muscles, its heart. liver
kidneys and lungs. They are devouring the
9. O. r. T.. This thing has been going on until
the Republican party represents worm bate.
Its interior must he sort Of
reptile restaurant. buzzard
banquetirg hall 1t is such things that
perpIex tine Republican bosses. The party
begins to smell badly. The stencil OF its stu
pendous wrongs or. as Governor Porter puts
it, IFS wrong dOings" has filed the land.
and the people have resolved that it "must
60 and that they will turn the "rascals out"
Strange as it may appear. 1t is not more
strange than true that Governor Porter, in
his OHIO speech at Greenville, gave the Re-
publicans clear away. Republicans, in read
ing the Governors declaration, have any
thing but ''ripples of abdominal Joy" There
are no bowel festivities connected with the
performance. The Governor declared that
the Republican party has believed that
the suppression of wrong doing was not
"beSt for it," The inquiry is going the
rounds. What was the matter with the
GOVERNOR Perplexities increase as the in
vestigation proceeds. Why should Governor
calculated to smash the Republican party
and help on Democratic victory? Was he
at the time compos mentis or out OF his
head? Such queries increase the perplexi-
ties of the Republican bosses and organs.
We understand the masterpiece of the Gov
ernors logic and eloquence in the past have
been produced at one sitting. That would
seem to be in harmony with natures laws
one sitting for one egg, hard or soft
shell, is the law, though occasionally an
egg with double yolk is pro-
duced and such efforts. for aught
we know. may require two sittings, and an
egg with no yolk at all may require, possibly,
no sitting at all But the Governors Green
Vile speech, whether produced at one or a
half dozen sittings, whether regarded as all
white or all yellow, was mighty fine speech
for the Democratic party, sort OF a double
yolker, for after it had been sat down on for
a few hours by the Republican bosses, Foster,
Foraker & Co., it Matched the most wonder
full brood of Democratic roosters that ever
crowed in any State in the Union. Such
things perplex the Republican party. 1t is
to he hoped that Governor Porter will have
another sitting at an early day.