National Republican., 1883-06-15
Eating Presidential Turkey.

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The newspapers have informed US of a
melancholy occurrence in Indiana lately that
must bring grief to many usually gay and
hilarious souls that are always looking for 1
something pleasant TO turnup. Its no secret
that the state Of Indiana has for somo time
fanced in complacent way that in u
political sense, the philosophers stone is
somewhere hidden within tho lines
of its territory and is bound to be discovered
within the next twelve months. In other
words the next successful candidate for tho
presidency is u citizen of the state, and the
day is not distant when bo will so loom up as
to challenge universal recognition. Tho
pleasant conviction, unfortunately is little
disturbed by the abounding wealth Of mate
rial that has developed along with 1t, and
grown side by side a5 it gathered strength of
fiber and beauty of flower, until tho promise Of
fruition is in some danger of being blasted by
an excess of blossoms. A great number of
the aspiring citizens have signi6ed in one
way and another that no one knows where
Lightning will strike, and they have severally
been induced to place themselves within the
cyclone limits to await its coming.
The time was when Mr.. Hendricks alone
was regarded as eligible to tho democratic
nomination. but that was in the days when
the probability of a candidacy being awarded
to the state was quite remote. The remote
probability having given place to certainty
almost has greatly altered everything, and
now Hendricks finds to his dismay that some
of the fellows he has patted on the head
and patronizngly called "good boys"
are slyly trying to trip him and
throw him upon his back. One of
these is man named Mcdonald, not much
known, it is true, outside eof indianapolis,
but one of that kind of unknown men who
have the power accorded to ghosts of making
others quake when met in the dark. Now
it happened at banquet in indianapolis the
other night it was the lot of these two men
TO have seats side by side Tho party
was large, and men of great dis
tincton abounded. The hunger was intense.
The vands were superb, There was enough
of everything to go round save one solitary
dish which attracted all eyes, but was mys-
teriously kept under cover. The dish looked
pretty large to many of the guests, but some
of the old gourmands had grave apprehen-
sions that the contents were meager. The
dish contained presidential turkey. There
was on it not more than Hendricks
with his voracious appetite, felt able
to gobbe down, and yet thore by
his side sat the towering form of Nc
Donald, with his eye on tho platter, with
arms four inches longer than his own, nerv.
ously waiting for the cover to be raised
and an evident intent of appropriating the
entire fowl in plain view of the whole Assem-.
bly,. 1t was too much for Thomas-no
the turkey, but the attitude of Mac
who plainly showed that his politenes:
was gone, and he was not meaning to ask his
, old patron to have even a bite. So there the
two men sat and for three mortal hours spoke
not a word-hungry, but unable to eat
empty, but too full for utterance. Such
paradox was never witnessed in Indiana be
fore, and, solemn though it was, many enjoyed
il and not a few laughed. When the Dime
was over it was found that neither had tastet
the fowl, but had made his dinner of hog.