The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-05
POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

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FORTY per cent. of the Irish Democratic vote
of this country said Mr.. Moloney, lis now for
Blaine. Whether or not it can be held remains
to be SEEM
BLAINE is certain to sweep the country, y
said Senator D. M Sabin, who arrived in Chi.
COCO yesterday. on his way to Minnesota from
the East The indications all point that way
IA VOTE for Hendricks, the Steuben Advo-
cate rises to remark, Twill be a vote to condemn
the fraud of 1876, and, of course, that is Mr..
Schurzs pet reason for supporting the Demo
cratic ticket.
gers in New York would gladly exchange the
New York Times, the New York Post and Har-
pers Weekly for the square support of the New
York Sun for their ticket.
BosToN Herald: When the Democratic party
Of Massachusetts made itself simply the tender
to the Butler locomotive it ought to have fore
seen that it would bring up in the ditch when
the machine jumped the track, as it was sure to
do.
THE opposition of Colonel Goldman, Colonel
Lyman, and other Bostoners to John A. Logan,
is not wholly political. 1t is based partly on the
allegation that General Logan eats corned beef
and cabbage. and prefers his potatoes boiled in
their jackets.
IT is probable that the Hon. j. C. Burrows
will be nominated for Congress by the Repub-
liean convention of the Fourth Michigan district,
which meets at Three Rivers August Is. The
district is now represented by Yaple, a fusionist.
who defeated Mr.. Burrows two years ago by 235
votes.
PITTsBURG Chronicle Telegraph: II accept
this sacred trust (whang) as a consecrated thing
(whang( and am profoundly [whang) impressed
with the solemnityA-(whang, whangl. ''Col.
Villas, won't you just step outside and tell them
to stop throwing mud until the Guv'ner's
through
THE New Orleans Morning Star, a Catholic
weekly newspaper, owned by Archbishop Leray,
and circulating principally among Irish Roman
Catholics, in an article in its issue of yesterday
says the drift of public opinion in Louisiana is
towards Blaine. The sugar and rice interests
favor his election
Macs Irish Tribune: Welcome. John De-
voy, and your brilliant paper to the Irish Re-
publican ranks. You have known Cleveland as
Governor, bigot. snob, monopolist and libertine.
You are not of the porcine breed, who, no matter
how disgusting, swallow every morsel that is
thrown to them by the party Of slavery, dead
issues and greed.
GAINESVILLE tGa. Southron (Dem.l Tariff
for revenue only crushed a good man weighing
$50 pounds, and this year a tariff for public
purposes exclusively" will crush a $50 FOUNDER
not quite SO good. To our NORWOOD mossback
contemporaries, our most deferential salutations.
To all the world, justice. To enemies. charity.
To friends, gratitude. To Blaine and Logan.
success.
GATH in New York Tribune: If the telegraph
ic reports of Mr.. Hendricks's speech accepting
the Democratic nomination did not mix up his
metaphors most deplorably, the editors who
have been carrying on an aggressive campaign
against Logan for abuse of the Queens English
will have to enter upon a defense of their own
y1ce.presldential candidate. The speech was
labored, stilted and many of the sentences as
printed were ungrammatical.
BROADWAY Lounger: The general enthusiasm
among Irishmen over the Republican ticket is
one of the most singular features Of this strange
campaign. It is only a few years ago that the
public avowai of Republican principles by any
prominent Irishman was so as to
create general comment in the newspapers. And
the connection of a Catholic Irishman with the
Republican party was until lately regarded as
both religious and poIiticrl apostasy,
CINCINNATI Commercial Gazette: That letter
of Harper, applying for the job Of publishing
Blaine's book, is a document that is well calcu-
lated to shake ones confidence in the sincerity
of some of our modern reformers, who profess
to be so much better than ordinary people.
Nothing is more certain than If the Harpers had
secured the publication Of that book the pencil
of Mast and the pen of Curtis would have been
on the side of Blaine. Alas for the journal of
Civilization.
New York special; The New York newspa-
pers are beginning to feel the pressure Of the
popular drift against Cleveland. The Sun has
been the first TO recognize this. Mr.. Dana prob
ably has many reasons for his trying to treat
Blaine fairly, but the principal reason is donbt-
less a commercial one. The business Office Of
the paper has felt this in a marked degree. From
the outlook here one need not be surprised to
see some very marked somersets by some Of the
leading papers here. Blaine may, in the end.
have more of the papers here for him than are
now against him.
ANOTHER prominent Ohio Irish-American,
Lawrence Mathews, is out for Blaine and gives
his reasons for espousing the Republican cause
in a strong and convincing letter to the Cleve-
land Herald, a copy Of which has been sent to
headquarters. He writes; Free traders try to
make it appear that they work in the interests
Of labor, when in reality they do no such thing.
There must be a fair, open field for capital and a
fair, open field for labor. This is the grand issue
clearly defined in Blaine's letter of acceptance.
We can surely trust that party which has always
been the friend Of American labor and industry.
These are some of my reasons for leaving the
Democratic party to follow the standard of
Blaine and Logan, q standard that will lead us