The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-12
HARMONY AT CINCINNATI.
McLean's Pursuit of PendletOn-DemOcrats
Who Toll with Clubs and Sandbags.

McLean's Pursuit of PendletOn-DemOcrats
Who Toll with Clubs and Sandbags
Cincinnati News Journal
The Enquirer yesterday republished its
libel on the Hon. George H Pendleton.
With the ineffable conceit always observable
in malicious and densely ignorant person.
the article was republished under the name
in flaming capitals of John R. Mclean"
as if to give emphasis to his personal indorse-
ment of as shameless a calumny as ever dis
graced the columns of that paper. The pub
LEGATION and republication Of this article at a
time when there is the greatest need of har-
mony in our local election, must convince
everybody that John Mclean has deliberate
ly determined to sacrifice the entire county
ticket to make sure of Pendleton's defeat.
Having named the candidates on the Re-
publican county ticket it is reasonable to
suppose he has an agreement with the Re-
publican candidates for the offices that have
newspaper patronage to dispense. Feeling
secure of the emoluments of the campaign,
it is his intention to let the Democratic local
ticket be beaten, and he does not hesitate to
aid the Republican county candidates, and
at the same time crafty his malice by this
gross and outrageous attack upon Hon.
George H. Pendleton. True to his treacher-
Gus instincts, he is delivering over to
slaughter the very men he placed upon the
regular" ticket by the most audacious
Frauds for the pleasure it affords his small,
mean nature to deal fatal blow at Mr. Pen
dleton.
He has converted the local campaign into
personal contest, in which he uses the
power of paper of general circulation to
strike a towards blow at a statesman and
gentleman who owns no newspaper and m ust
rest upon his high personal character, known
and hoDored of all men. as his only defense.
1t is not the business of the News Journal
| to take up any mans personal quarrels. 1t
is no mans organ. 1t came into being to
proclaim Democracy. 1t has been staunchly
| loyal to the Democratic organization. 1t is
the only true Democratic paper published in
the English language in this city. 1t sup
ports the ticket nominated at the Highland
| House convention, not alone because that
convention was called by the constituted au-
| thorities of the party organization, but be-
cause the ticket nominated there is made up,
| in the main, of good and sterling Democrats.
The Democracy of Ohio must not mistake
the situation in Hamilton county, 1t is pre-
| cisely as we have described it. 1t is a per
sonal fight by Mclean against Pendleton.
| But what have the Democracy OF Ohio to say
to this high-handed treason to the party in
| front OF the enemy?
What have the noble Democracy of this
| State to say to this eowardly attempt of a
political mendcant to defeat the brightest
| prospects for success the Democrats have
had in this Republican State for twenty
years.
What have they to say of this man Nc
Lean, who has for years been the chief OBJ
| stacle to Democratic success in Ohio?
There should be but one answer sweeping
over the State like the resistless swell of the
| sea.
The traitor must be held up to the scorn
| of all honest men.
There can be no harmony within the
| party so long as he is recognized as a leader
The cause of Democracy in this county
must not be hazarded any longer by this per
sonal quarrel. John Mclean must take his
place in the ranks, and Mr.. Pendleton must
take the stump.
These toiling Democrats are not the men
who toll with rlnged fingers and soft hands
between night and day-the gamblers and
fakirs and monte men and bunko men
They are not the men who toll with the
midnight club and sand-bag, nor those who
make hard the hands by punching human
faces or gouging eyes, nor those whose pro
ductive labors begin and end with ward poll
tics. Such toilers as these are partners in the
malignant and INSCRIPTIONS warfare agains
Mr.. Pendeton. They are plying their voca
ton for cash, but it is in a congenial service