The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-04
POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

PULITlCAh MUTE AMI GOSSIP.
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JOIN KELLY is daily in receipt Of letters dated
at Baltimore, in which he is threatened with
death # he does not support Cleveland.
Miss PHGBE CoUzINs says the female sufrag-
lists are for Blaine. They cannot support Cleve-
land on account of his alleged immoralities.
PHILADELPHIA Press: us Carl Schurz sin
cere91 asks an esteemed contemporary Of the
doubling Thomas order. Good heavens, man.
do you imagine Mr.. Schurz is doing this for the
fun OF the thingf You don't know his figure.
Two Protestant clergymen of Erie, Pa, the
Rev, Mr.. Westall and the Rev. Mr.. Christensen,
who have hitherto voted the Democratic ticket,
announce their intention to vote for Mr.. Blaine.
They do not like Mr. Cleyeland's moral record.
A sEeRET political society bearing the aesthetic
title of 1.-THE White CamelliaH has been organ
lied in the South. Its aims and purposes are not
yet known, but the colored Republicans will
most likely learn all about them before the cleo
ton.
THE boiling Republicans Of Massachusetts
base their claims of success upon the assertion
that the men employed at their headquarters
have more to do every day than they had the
day before" This they call stsnuf1ng victory in
the air"
Mr. L. P. NELSON, editor Of the Swedish
NOAhAASu1Ono pdptft tuG RN0USk6 ATD0lbdr6n, mas
resigned his position as clerk in the Chicago
water office rather than support the Democratic
candidate for the presidency. His paper is for
Blaine and Logan His own vote win be CASTOR
them.
HARRY REYNOLDS, a leading National of No
BILE county, in an open letter gives his reasons
why he shall support Blaine and Logan at this
election. He vigorously denounces the Demo
cratic convention for having insulted Butler,
and nominated "a tool Of monopolists,p Grover
Cleveland
L the presidential nominees have biblical
names. The Republicans nominated James and
John, the Democrats Stephen and Thomas, the
ProhibitioniSts st. John and Daniel, the Green
hackers have Benjamin and the Nationals Jona-
than. 1t is understood that Bob ~Ingersoll will
not vote this year.
JAMES 7. DAVIDSON, now in Maine, writes to.
the Lafayette Courier: MAINE win give Gov.
ernor Robe rep not less than fifteen thousand
in October, and in November Blaine will carry
the State by at least thirty thousand majority.
Massachusetts, will not fall short of her usual
Republican majority
EX-GOVERNOR FOSTER and Mr.. NJ. A. Hanna,
who will manage the Republican campaign in
Ohio, are quite confident that the Democrats will
be beaten in that State by from Is, 900 to 80, 600
majority. The campaign will be opened the 1st
OF september, ana Will De conducted with zeal
and energy on the part of the Republicans until
el~ection-day.
PHILADELPHIA Press: We do not observe that
'Hodg White and Larry Godkin, Of the Even
ing Post, have anything to say about Jim
Blaine and Steve Elkins, since we pointed out
tie crushing character of this style of reason
ing the other day, If they keep on in this way,
they will soon be restored to the dignity Of
Horace White and E. L. Godkin.
SAN Francisco Chronicle: No man in Cleye-
lands position can afford to ignore a;story given
with the fullness of detail with which this was
presented. If it had concerned his political
career, it would not have influenced SO many
people as has this attack on his moral character.
The reason is that the American people, despite
all that has been said about their loose notions
OF the marriage relation, are at heart a moral
people, with a strong feeling for the purity of
family life. No man known to be a profigate
has ever reached high political distinction here,
nor could he do so, for it has been the unwritten
law that the man who asks the vote Of his fel
loW-citizens must respect the sanctities of do
nestle life.
NEW YORK Tribune: Mr.. Hendricks is not
the only conspicuous person Of whom the New
York Independent has radically changed its
opinion within a few years. We reproduced the
other day the independents damRing picture,
drawn in 1876, of the man whom that journal is
now endeavoring to elect Vice-president This
is what the Independent, in an editorial refer
ring to various candidates for the Republican
nomination, said no longer ago than Jan. 20,-I88O,
concerning the man whose election to tho presi
dency it is now endeavoring to defeat: land
we could heartily support Mr.. Blaine, for we
believe that no American statesman has ever
shown greater executive ability. His admins
tration would be very sure to be successful and
brilliant
Rev DR.. Van Bokkelen, Episcopal clergyman
Of Buffalo, contributes a letter to the Express in
which he enumerates six reasons why he will
vote for Mr.. Blaine for President. The sixth
one is sufficient, which is as follows:
'sSixth and lastly. It is my intention to vote
for Mr.. Blaine because he is capable and worthy.
He is a student, a man of intellect and culture.
He understands our system Of government in
every department, both theoretically and prac-
tically. He has large experience as a states
man. He has carefully studied the important
questions of finance and revenue and their re-
1ation to capital and labor. He comprehends in
its full extent and vast Importance the position