The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-07-28
POLITICAL CHAT.


| INDIANAPOLIS, IND, July Z3.-Iht
publication Of the Presidential pref
erences, whereby 1t was shown thai
Mr.. Tilden was the first choice Of th,
Democratic party of the country, ant
particularly in those States which
can be relied upon for Democratic
Electoral votes, has had the effect o
developing the sentiment for The OLD
ticket in this State to a wonderful
degree, and now, were the canvass t.
be again made, it would be fount
that Tilden and Hendricks rank
ahead of anybody else in Indiana
The Terre Haute Gazette, the lead
ing Democratic paper of Western In
diana, is strong for the old ticket
1t says: "The Gozette has reasons fol
it's belief when in says that the Dem
ocrats are in q very large majority in
favor of
TILDEN AND HENDRICKS.
as the standard bearers of the party
next year. They are in favor of the
old ticket because they are firmly
persuaded that the country would be
UNNECESSARILY benefited by the
matchless executive ability of Mr..
Tilden. Nor is the desire to have
Mr.. Tilden at the head of affairs
confined to Democrats. His nomi.
nation would be equivalent to an cleo
ton.
The Shelbyyille volunteer of this
week, the old paper published at Mr..
Hendricks home, also says: "What
more does the party want, and why
should we waste breath in discus
eussions Of .favorite sons To re-
nominate Tilden and Hendricks in
sures victory almost without a cam
paign. The wrangling about plat
forms and issues might then well
cease.
THE OLD TICKET IS A PLATFORM
within itself, the quintessence of all
that is good and admirable in all our
platforms. 1t is an issue as wide as
the nation and as deep as the foun-
dation of our institutions" But the
most savage article is in the New Al
bany Ledger, the oldest Democratic
daily, and power in the southern
tier of counties. In a lengthy edi-
torial it says: "rhe Ledger has no
disposition to disparage the claims
Of Mr.. Mcdonald or any other good
Democrat IN advance of the conven-
tion. But his friends must not howl
themselves hoarse with lies in regard
to his strength in this State. The
plain truth is that there is a large
element in the Democratic party that
once had Greenback proclivities and
that still sympathize with that party,
who are bitterly opposed to the nom
ination of Mr.. Mcdonald. Without
the votes of majority of that ele-
ment the Democrats cannot carry the
State.
ANOTHER LARGE ELEMENT
in the party is not in harmony with
the tariff views of Mr.. Mcdonald.
Without the vote of this. element the
Democrats cannot carry the State.
1t is all bosh to talk about winning
over the votes Of the free traders in
the Republican. party. They will
not average 20 votes to the county,
and less than half of them could be
induced to vote the Democratic ticket.
There are other reasons why the
friends of Mr.. Mcdonald should be
at least little more modest in urg
ing his claims, but the Ledger, has
no desire to rake the ashes from the
hearth. In his recent interview Mr..
Voorhees, says he knows that Mr..
Hendricks is not a candidate, because
he has heard him say SO in private
conversations, and this statement
was made by the Senator to bolster
up the cause of Mr.. Mcdonald. Go
ing into private conversations is Mr..
Voorhees, own seeking, and there
fore it will be pardoned if the fact
is published that in the converse
ton to which Mr. Voorhees, refers,
had in this city some time since,
in which Mr.. Hendricks said that he
was
NOT A CANDIDATE
for any office, and that he IS not
seeking a nomination, rs Mr.. Nc
Donald is, Mr.. VOORHEES, was very
emphatic, and, with words not dis
similar to those which Peter used to
the Judean house-maid, he declared
that Mr.. Mcdonald could not be
elected if he should be nominated,
and that under no circumstances
could he receive majority in Indi-
ana. If Mr.. Voorhees, had desired
to be fair in relating private CONVEX
stations he would have given all of
this conversation, in which event the
interview would have had more in
terest than the partial account had.
The omission, however, is supplied.
and Mr.. Voorhees, can go ahead with
more of his confidential talks with
statesmen" Congressman Thos. B.
Ward, of the Lafayette district,
says he will not vote for Randall for
Speaker, but is for Mr.. Carlisle or
Mr.. Cox, or some other gentleman
of the proper Democratic tariff views.
THE next session of the West Vir-
ginia University begins Sept. 9th.
"Here our boys can receive as
thorough training as in the majority
of Colleges, and can elect to study
those branches only which bear upon