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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02
The Chicago Times treats the Dubuque let
ter Of Mr.. Hendricks in leading and elaborate

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The Chicago Times treats the Dubuque let
ter of Mr.. Hendricks in leading and elaborate
editorial. 1t says:
s1t is such a letter as might have been
written very deliberately, and with a very
clear view on a perfectly distinct object, by a
man who, having taken a seat in the Chicago
conventicle as a trusted friend of Mr.. McDon-
aid, lent himself to a feeble and ridiculous in
trigue to capture the nomination for himself,
and upon the miserable failure Of that virtu-
Gus undertaking accepted the second
place was still capable of nourish-
ing a hope chat the first place was
not even yet beyond his reach. =
The opinion has been more than limited that
the tail Of the ticket wrote that letter for a
purpose, knowing that it would be published.
What Is certain is that he wrote 1t knowing
that the person who would receive IL was hos.
tile to the candidacy Of Cleveland, and, there
fore, would have a motive to publish a letter
which contained anything to encourage that
hostility. In that knowledge he wrote q letter
which the enemy Of Cleveland immediately
gave to the public. Can anyone who reads
the letter imagine that the motive Of it's pub
LEGATION was to benefit, or doubt that it was to
damage, the candidacy of Cleveland If be
cannot, let the thought be pursued one step
further, and what will reason say of the mo-
tive which inspired that remarkable missivei
ut has been the persistent misfortune Of
MI. Hendricks career Of politician that his
ambition to be President has transcribed
his fidelity to the principles of morality that
ought to guide even professional politicians in
their relations Of mutual confidence and
trust
It need scarcely be said that the Chicago
Times, strong Democratic newspaper as it is,
voices a sentiment on this question which i
very prevalent here at home.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

In the third session of the Forty-sixth Con-
gress, in December, 1880, at a time when
Charles Stewart Parnell, as the leader Of the
Irish party in the English Parliament, was
making a strong and gallant fight for i'm
provement in the terms of the land bill being
pushed by the Gladstone government, Hon.
W. H. Calkins presented a resolution Of
warm sympathy for Ireland in its struggle for
justice at the hands of England. The resolu-
ton passed Congress, and the moral effect was
to greatly strengthen the hearts and the hands
Of the Parnell contingent in the British
House of Commons. On the 4th Of
January, 1881, a large and enthusiastic
meeting of Irishmen was held in this
city, addressed by Rev. Myron w Reed and
Rev. Father oDonoghue. This meeting
unanimously passed a resolution of thanks to
Congress and to Major Calkins for the resolu-
ton introduced BY him and passed at SO OPP
perfume a time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

1t Is without soul and without effect When
people catch the fever Of revolt it becomes con-
taglous. Let US be Democrats in principle.
act from principle, vote by principle, and We
vii yet find enough good Democrats in the
state who will work in the right way and save
the party in this State"
H Rev. Dr.. Henson in his sermon in the
FIRST Baptist Church, Of Chicago, on Sunday, ex-
pressed regret at the exposure of dehlement, de
hatchery, and scandal which characterized the
present campaign It was satisfactory. how
ever, to know that no man morally defled can
run for the. presidency of the foremost Christian
nation with any chance of success. The way in
which Christian men acted would make a mighty
difference as to the policy to be adopted and the
men to be elected.
H Boston Herald makes a feeble attempt to
explain Governor Cleveland's lapse, in speaking
of the 'laboring classes The Herald is obliged
to say that the separation of the voters into
classes in appeals from the press or the stump,
Is q thoroughly unrepublican and pernicious
habit, which should be stopped by those who do
1t ~thoughtlessly, and pointedly rebuked in those
who do it purposely for selfish and unworthy
ends but the Herald thinks that Mr.. Cleveland
must have done it s'unconsciously.n
New York special to the Cincinnati ENQUIRER:
After all, it looks from this point of observation
as if Ohio must be the Cassius of the national
Democracy, or otherwise it will again sink. I
give my views more in sorrow than in anger.
and in the sincere hope that they may prove
correction in righteousness, to the end that the
Democracy may make its fight in Ohio, where
it has the chances to win. and thus leaven up
New York, which Is now in a bad way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

AS the reports continue to be received Of
the opening Of the campaign on Saturday, it
is evident that never before in the State of
Indiana was there a more suspicious com
mencement Of a presidential canvass. Great
crowds of people are everywhere spoken Of,
all animated with a spirit Of enthusiasm and
confidence that expressed itself in parades,
torch-lights, music and cheering from one
end Of the State to the other. In Lafayette,
for instance, there was a procession Of over
one thousand torch-bearers, while the audi
ence that attempted to listen to Hon. Thomas
Fl. Nelson numbered multiplied thousands.
Col Nelson had prepared himself for a thor
ough discussion Of the vital questions, includ-
ing the tariff; but the enthusiasm was 50
strong that, catching the injection, he talked
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

VERMONT votes to-day for State officers.
The campaign has not been a strong one, and
there is a probability that the vote will be
light and the Republican majority correspond
ingly less than what it will be in November.
There are three tickets in the field, Repub-
lican, Democratic and Greenback. Lieuten-
ant-governor Pingree is the Republican can
didate for Governor. In 1880 the total vote
was 7O,684, Of which the Republicans polled
Al, S4s, Democrats q, 245, and Greenbackers
1878. In 1882 the total vote was only 81, S48,
Republican 80, S39, Democratic 14,466, Green
back 1885.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02
T finances makes a great mistake.

20. O. s." the political correspondent of
the Louisville Courier-Journal, reviews the
presidential situation com~prehensively, and
figures out the solid South, Indiana, New Jer-
sey and Wisconsin certain for Cleveland, with
an even chance for the Democracy in New
York, Connecticut, Ohio, Michigan and Cali
fornia. This is tantamount to giving up the
fight. With respect to Indiana he says:
M Rice claims that the State will give
Cleveland and Hendricks between $1,000 and
$4,000 majority, and he is not far from being
correct. He is generally reliable, although
we all missed it in 1880, not because we were
ignorant of the situation, but for the reason
that it was a case of hold out, or we were
gone elsewhere"
Passing by the claim Of this State nov we
call attention to the fact that Mr.. Stealey,
who was then a member of the Democratic
State executive committee, confesses that in
1880 they knew Indiana could not be carried
for the Democracy, but claimed the State be-
cause ut was a case of hold out This con,
fession from such a source should forever stoI
the mouths of the idiots who are 'sclacking'
about the fraud in Indiana in 1880. The
Democrats knew the State was dead agains,
them long before the election established the
fact. It is very likely to be the same way in
1884.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

The Pail Mall Gazette, one of the British
official journals, exponent Of aristocratic cock
neyism, thinks that the campaign caricatures
Of Blaine are excellent, and regards them
stronger than any originated against the other
candidates. It probably did not occur to the
Pail Mall Gazette that Mr.. Cleveland's life,
for obvious reasons, could not be caricatured.
It were manifestly improper to attempt it.
The secret Of the Gazette's satisfaction proba-
bly, lies in the fact that the same illustrated
papers that caricature Blaine are hostile to the
Irish. Anybody down on the Irish and in ia
vor of free trade is popular in the club-rooms
of Piccadilly..
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

opinions of the present situation in Indiana
would, therefore, have the merit Of being at
least unbiased" AS a matter Of fact, Prof.
Cox does not live in Indiana, and has not
lived in Indiana for a long time, which is
probably the reason he has not voted He
knows as near nothing about the State polit-
ically as could be well imagined, and has al
ways been a narrow little Democrat. Prof.
Cox has not been State Geologist for years,
and is in no way identified with the State ex-
cept by former residence, and possibly by still
retaining his property interests in the south
ern part of the State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02
Of PiccadiIly

A POLITICAL campaign without its humorous
phases would be utterly unbearable. Hence it is
that the appearance of that apostle of purity,
Mr.. Beecher, and the spotless, unsel6sh Schurz
as indorsers of the high morality Of Mr.. Cleve-
land comes in as a relief to the dull monotony
of argument; hence the enjoyment every one
finds in a well-executed caricature, even though
his own party may be the victim. The people
of Indianapolis enjoyed a ~side-splitter last Sat
urday on the appearance Of what purported to
BIZ an address of the local indie
pendent Republicans, signed by half
q dozen recent graduates Of our
excellent high-school. They are amiable young
men, reputably connected, and if they tarry at
Jericho until their boards are grown they will
make quite a presentable appearance in society.
OF course everybody here understands that the
whole thing was intended for a joke, and was
probably engineered by some long-headed old
politician of the Republican school who wished
Of Beecher, Curtis & Co. was. The old politician
found the young men quite willing, and put into
their address many things SO supremely ridic-
lous thatit most beautifully shows up the pre-
tensions Of Beecher, Curtis & Co. The only
thing to be regretted is that they did not affx a
legend saying 'this is q joack,n or 'tthis is in
tended as sourkasm,n for those who do not
know the infinite wit of the paper may do the
young men injustice by supposing that they
don't know any better. But they do, young as
they are,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

E
THE speech Of Hon. John M. Butler,
delivered at connersville, on Saturday, to
an immense Republican meeting. the attend
ance upon, which is estimated as high as 1000
people; is an able and exhaustive discussion of
the issues involved in the present campaign
It omits no topic of importance, nor does it
skip over any in an unsatisfactory manner.
It is at once a comprehensive and thorough
document, which will prove a storehouse of
fact and argument We commend it to care
full reading. It is a speech to be taken by the
voter and conscientiously studied at his fire.
side, where, with leisure and judgment, he is
making up his opinion upon the vital ques-
tons at issue between the parties.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02
pEMocRATs aTARYINa INDIANS.

The desperate and starving condition of the
Piegan Indians challenge the sympathy of
the people Of this great country. Governor
Crosby, of Montana Territory, has appealed
for help to Secretary Teller, representing that
he has CAUSED an investigation to be made,
and that it is shown that these Indians have
been slowly wasting away and dying for a
year for want of food, and the present ration
of two pounds of beef and three Of -four is
insufficient to sustain life. Agent Aliens in
structions from Commissioner Price forbid a
larger issue. The deaths average one daily out
Of a total of 1000. Game has disappeared,
and only ten acres of land are cultivated, and
this small ration is the only means Of subsist-
ence. The appropriation is inadequate for
the supply Of the daily wants Of the Pie
gans for the fiscal year. In view of
these deplorable facts, he urges the issuing
of full rations until Congress meets in De-
cember. The secret Of this distress lies in the
fact that the last Democratic House was too
busy trying to tear the tariff to pieces to look
after the welfare Of these wards of the Nation.
The mean policy Of saving at the expense
of a proper administration Of government has
ever characterized that party. But this, per-
haps, is the most deplorable result Of that par
tvs attempt to make political capital. This
wrong should be promptly righted, and our
obligations to these Indians faithfully carried
out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02
"A THOUSAND mechanics q Milwaukee

A THOUSAND mechanics Of Milwaukee have
signed and issued an address to their fellow
craftsmen giving convincing reasons why no
laboring man should support Cleveland and
why they will vote for Blaine. The signers
Of this document at least one-third Of whom
have hitherto voted the Democratic ticket,
are not politicians, and neither seek nor Ok.
pect Office, but are honest, thinking mon who
work for their bread and who understand that
the Democratic tendency to free trade means
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

a reduction Of wages for themselves. Move
ments such as this have far more significance
than h e.defection Of disappointed politicians
like e~x-Congressman Pound, of Wisconsin,
over whose capture the Eastern independents
rejoice as over the recovery Of the one hun
dredth sheep. This rejoicing is regarded with
great hilarity by Republicans where Mr..
Pound is wen known. They describe him as
weighing but twelve ounces.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

WITH Germany siding with France in its
evident ill-feeling toward England, and the
apparent readiness of all the great powers to
try issues in war, the friends of Ireland in
America may not have to wait long to see her
ancient enemy in the tolls. A continental
combination against England would make a
pretty fight. England's arrogant encroach-
ment upon Egypt and the Orient will be the
caars half
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

The New York Times has been badly sold.
It publishes With great flourish the opinions
Of Prof. 3. T. Cox about this State, whom it
styles ''the State Geologist Of Indiana for the
past ten years" Prof. Coz is certain Indiana
will 60 for Cleveland. The Times says:
'PrOf. Cox is 50 little Of apolitician that he
says he has not voted in four years, and bis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

to the people with an imprOmptu zeal and fire
born of the occasion, and the whole meeting
took on the air Of a monster love-feast. And
as in Lafayette, 50 elsewhere and everywhere.
'Blaine is marching on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

have carefully observed the attitude and
movements ofthe Democratic party for twenty
years. In my judgmentit has learned nothing
and forgotten nothing. So far as lean perceive,
1t is not only swayed by the same principles,
but, to a large extent, guided by the same
men.-PREsIDENr CAPEN, of Tufts College, Mass.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

THE Cincinnati Commercial Gazette has
adopted the Journal plan of instructing its
correspondents to tell the exact truth about
political meetings.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02
Gayly the Candidate.

Gayly the candidate
Seeketh the bar,
Where thirsty citizens
Throng from afar,
Singing: I'm search Of thee
Hither we come,
Candidate, candidate,
Set up the rum"
Hark It's the candidate
Calls them by name,
Up to the parapet
Swiftly they come.
And still his songs heard.
All through the din
"Thizz times it's zon me,
Se'mm muppaginln
Burlington Hawkeye.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

THIRTY thousand tons Of steel rails have re-
Gently been sold at 500 and 1927. Afew yearsag
we had British labor do this work, and we paid
$157 per ton for what American mills now sell
at one-sixth that figure. The "robber tariff
did it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

WHEN an Albany girl sent her best young man
i check for the amount which she supposed he
had spent on icecream, candy and carriage hire
while counting her, he bought a yacht, built an
opera-house. purchased a controlling interest in
a trunk-line railway, founded a university, and
stin had enough ready cash left to win a plumb
er's daughter to marry him
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

SAMUEL J. RANDALL writes a letter to
say that he is for Cleveland first, last and all
the time"
Such a letter from Thomas A. Hendricks
would be in order. Don't address it to Du-
buque.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

The Northwest Indiana Conference, in
unmistakable words, seconds the efforts Of the
Indianapolis journal for the maintenance
and proper observance Of Sunday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

The oyster season having begun, Philadelphia
dealers hasten to remark that never have the
bivalves been so fine or SO plenty; also, that
they will be correspondingly cheap. The proof
of this will lie not only in the eating, but in the
paying of your bills.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

THE Democratic party is praying to be de
livered from its Independent Republican
friends. But Mr.. Hendricks thinks it is too
1a+a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

JULIAN HAWTHORNE describes Emerson as
being like light-the presence of the general at
the particular" What this country needs is
more asylums for the weak m
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

Mr.. HENDRICKS is perhaps the only man in
the country who thinks decapitation would not
result fatally.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

In Brooklyn, the City Of Churches, II is re-
garded as a criminal offense foS citizens to en-
gage in prayer outside Of those .sanctuaries. At
all events, "a blonde young man, with lasge blue
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

Col GILLESPIE, United States engineer, de-
clares that neither New York nor Brooklyn is in
danger from any hostile fleet lying off Coney
Island. What does the Colonel think of Pogue's
RUM Could a torpedo boat be foated down to
blow up the Union Depot If not, why notl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

PATTI does not refuse to sing in Paris from
spite. French law awards her undivorced
husband a share in her income. She doesn't
want the box-ofice receipts attached.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

Mrs. CLEVELAND, who has been chosen class
poet of the Chautauqua class of 1886. is not the
wife of the notorious Buffalo citizen of that
name. Her husband is a respectable gentleman
and a Baptist minister.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

IT is too late to take Cleveland of-see
Hendricks-but the ticket might be turned
upside down.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

In the geological gardens at Dublin a Noness
has been seized with an inexplicable desire to
eat itself up, and succeeded in gnawing her tail
off before she could be restrained In America
the thing is reversed. The tail Of the Demo
cratic ticket has almost succeeded in eating the
head of.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

Mrs SouTHwoRrH's latest novel is announced
to be ''Self-raised, or From the Depths. y
Whether she uses baking powder or self-rising
-four, there is no doubt that the book is very
light reading.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

Mrs. LANGTRY i%ngenuously admits that she
has been imprudent. The American public will
generously coincide with this view, and even i'm.
prove on it if necessary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

ACCORDING to the school census. just com
pleted, Chicago has a population of 61s, 1923. The
totals of nationaIities make some remarkable
showings. For instance, there are 200, 63l Ger
mans and only 143, 900 Americans; there are
ia, OO5 Irish and only 20, l42 English. But it
ought to be said in explanation that in cases
where the heads of the family were German or
Irish the entire family Of unmarried children
were counted under that nationality, though all
but the parents may have been born in America.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

DAVID DAVIS, the noble old Spartan, stands
out against the pernicious habit of smoking
cigars. He prefers a pipe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

81 killed Print Matthews. L told him not
to vote, and he voted and I killed him. 1t was
not me that killed hint was the party If I
had not been a Democrat I would not have
killed him. 1t was notme,b but the Democratic
party; and now if the party is q mindto throw
me on, DIN such a party.-E. B.. WHEELER of
Hazlehurst, Miss. afterwards elected Marshal by the
Democratic party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

Mr.. Blaine has what may be called the
American instinct.-GEo WIN. CURTIS, in Harper's
Weekly, Nov. S. 1881.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02

eyes, /" who walked into the courthouse, and
kneeling before the door of the Court Of SEES
sions. prayed for some minutes, was arrested
and taken to Jail And it is not denied that the
people inside the court room needed praying for,
either.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-02
WITH SUPPLEMENT-.
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-11-20

In a late number of the Baton
Rouge Capitolian Adrocate the
names of the officers and men of
Col. John s. SCOTS cavalry regi-
ment are published. Company d.
which was one of the companies of
the regiment, was raised in Rapides
Parish, and has many names still
we'll known in Alexandra and Vi
cinity. The captain of the compa-
ny was John R. Williams LIST
lieutenant, E. Enete; cd lieuten-
ant, James Culbertson; Sd lieu
tenant, Thomas Clements. James
Cuibertsop is dead, as are also H.
Il. Parker, LIST sergeant; W. L.
Martin, LIST corporal; w. H. Moore,
I'd corporal; VIM. St. John, 4th
Of the privates dead are:
N, W. Burr, James Cassidy, Geo,
Clark, G. W. Haskins, j. Heeny,
Isaac Levy, R. W. Martha and j.
Il. Mitchell. Those now living
according to the memory of Mr..
James H. Ransdell, who furnished
the majority of the information up-
On which this article is based, are
as follows: T. NJ, Wells, B. F.
perley and Sam Fellows, second,
bird and fourth sergeants respec-
lively. OF the 'high privates'