The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06

Gains Cuspis Pansa for alderman Rogant is a
stranger word than our word nominate, for 1t in
Guides nomination, but It means, also, a doRAnd
that Mr.. RRnsa be elected alderman There are
other candidates who are simply and digAiiedly
announced b. their names as 'GAvius Rufus is
candidate for magistrate" Then. again the
nominator fearing that people may not appre-
ciate the worth and dignity OF hiseandidate, puts
q good word into the election wall painting, like
the following t.Yesonius Prisons nominates
Paquius for magistrate, for he is a man useful
and worthy tdignum) of the republic Some
times a ~neighborly feeling cropsont as 'Caprasla
and Nymphus and all their neighbnrs nominate
A Nettius Firmus for alderman 1Hdile1. be IS
most wHIthy (dignissimnsl Plump him your
votes Then, again, there are some instances
of domestic Sax grinding as. for example, one
election notice has this: 20 Procnlus. help SAD
blnus to the aldermanship, and he VIII nelp You
In return BY the way, this same Freculus
was a baker, and some one of his partisans sera-
eusly put up this notice: go in for Proetius as
alderman andthen we shall be sure tohaYe good
bread Was Preculus a contractor TO supply
the poor-houss and other public institutions
with breadg
As ] was terminating my visit to PompeiL yes
terday. ! called the attention OF Mr. Holme TO a
walanotice-or rather a wall nomination of one
ID. Herennius. Now Cicero in his o%rations. in his
purely philosophical and legal writings, and IN
his letters to Attieus, speaks OF Pompeii more
than a dozen Times. In one of these passages he
refers to p. Mallius, who wished Cicero to
procure for his 4Malli1ssl son the
Office of 'tdecurion7 at Pompei Cicero
had a beautiful residence at PompeI,
and it was in that city that he wrote his work
DE Df6ciis on Duty and, therefore, he was sup
posed to have some influence In the little city;
but Cicero wrote back to his friend, that Pompell
was too independent for him to procure him the
office, and let's him know that 'if it were at
Rome he could have it, but Pompeii was difficult
ARomae 81 Wis habebit. Pompeii didicile est. u
Now another remarkable passage of Cicero IS
the reference to Pompeii IN connection with the
name of Herennins, which ] have mentioned
above. 1t is in Cieero,s work Concerning the
Mature of the Gods" where he refers to M Her
enniua q Pompeian declrion. as having been
struck dead in Pompeli by . fhunaerbolt falling
from a clear sky. The very same name appears
one in question that I saw with Mr. Holme, is
on the outer wall of . new house built a think
between the earthquakes of SO A D. and 70 "A.
d. not far away from Marianinas modern
peasant house, which Governor Hendricks and
Judge Rand will readily recall Therefore
while the name is identical with Ciceres. NJ
Herennius, and the Office is the same, / should
say that the name wesaw ON the walls of the
house next Marianina5s country restaurant was
that OF a grandson, or great-grandson of Clceros
man; Tor it must be remembered that Cicero
was assassinated 43 B. C. and that Pompeii was
destroyed 70 A. D. that is 122 years after.
Thus have shown you some of the cnriosities
Of election campaigns in Naples and In Pompeu.
And in both we see that the same kind of APP
peals Werc made nearly 1000 years ago as now,
and that. when we examine closely, we come to
the conclusion that in politics, and in the ma
chlnery for promoting an election. human nature
is about the same in every ageaud inc very cline.
j.. G. FLETCHER.