The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-23
POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

Baptist Church, Madison, Southern man and
Democrat, bolts Cleveland and Gray.
SAN FRANCISCO Chronicle: Mr.. Cleveland will
not carry out the kissing babies part of the can
didates duties this fall He has had genteel
suffciency of the baby business.
| BARTLEY CAMPBELL, the dramatist, has al
ways been an enthusiastic Democrat, but is now |
for Blaine and says it was his letter of accept
ance that brought him over to the Republican
/ fold.
| COL T. D. WRIGHT, founder of the Veyay
Democrat and writer and editor of the Demo
! cratic faith all his life, has come out against
Isaac P. Gray, and opposes his election for Gov
ernor.
PHILADELPHIA Press The Cleveland mon
are sitting on the steps of Tammany Hall wait
| ing for somebody to come out and negotiate
i terms for surrender. The only sound that IS
| sues from the building, however. is that made
i by sharpening meat ak on grlndstone.
j UP to date the Democrats have not appeared
on the platform in Maine. They seem to be con-
Quoting the campaign on the stAl-hunt plan, It
is understood that barrel will be opened in the
State Immediately before the election in Septem-
| ber The Democrats rely ON the free use OF the
barrels contents to decrease the Republican ma
jority.
TIMOTHY RING and Patrick McMannas two
well-known Irishmen of Charlottesville, were
chosen delegates to the county Democratic nom
mating convention Both gentlemen have
published cards in the Charlottesville Argus
declining the honor and announcing their IN
tention Of acting with the Republican party IN
the future.
A LITTLE over year ago the New York Times
said of Governor Cleveland: In other words,
Governor Cleveland is willing to swindle the ar
chitects Of the Capitol out of money. which the
State owes them for work done for the state, IN
~ n fQf az a
This is about the cheapest and scurvlest tlcK
even of this very wpriced statesman"
NEwYoRK Tribune: By the way, what has
become of the fraud issue9 There stands MI
: Hendricks, the martyr, ready to be crowned,
and 1.-THE gigantic crime of 1876" is just where IT
: always was. But for some reason Democra5lc
f orators are neglecting their opportunity. Fos-
sibly President Hayes's Secretary OF the interior
:. has a monopoly of that issue; but Mr. Schurz
s ought not to let it spoil on his hands
NEW YORK Sun: Read Clevelands letter OF
acceptance and then read Buffers speech at
! Rocky Point All of the little organs in the
: United States together can't make little, dull
= candidate seem anything but little, dull ana ana
D commonplace. All the chattering abuse IN tne
/, world can't make the man of big brains any
thing but interesting instructive full of ideas,
e worthy Of attention and admiration. Thats Ine
, difference
: New YORK Tribune: The Hon. Will E
70 English son of his father, and occupant OF !
le seat in Congress to which he was not elected
II declares that his business interests imperatlvel
r demand his entire time and attention, and com
= pel him to decline a denomination The 1act Il
o. that Mr.. English on the one hana na9 man nan
& reasons to doubt his power to obtain the nom
: nation and on the other every reason to Denev
he that Mr.. Peelle whom he defrauded before
would defeat him by such majority as
N House of Representatives, would dare % olsre
rs gard.
W. In "a letter from Nashville to the Tennesseean
Mr. John Ruhm, who has unusual facilities flo
ascertaining the feeling of German America
az citizens, says: 81 know not. of my own persons
IS knowledge, Of single German Republican, e1
II cent Mr. Schurz who refuses to support MI
Blaine; on the other hand know OF a CONSIDER
OF able number of German Democrats who say ina
He they will vote with the Repubilcans TINS tllne
further state that the Germans OF my persons
he acquaintance are more enthusiastic IN polltlS
II, this year than have seen them since the mr.:
~ Grant campaign.
CHICAGO Tribune Thomas Jefferson Woo
= the Democratic member from the northwe
inc corner of Indiana who was meat for Il
y. practical iokers of the last session, has bee
nominated for reelection His admiring fello'
members at Washington had him persuaded - IN
en- he was candidate for Speaker, then for vac
president and finally for President. He is a lltt
ely at a loss to know why he did not secure al
votes for either position, but is still Sangul
!, that he is the coming man FOR sometnlng = II, =
the voters of that district do their duty, and tne
q. will, the next Congress viii be denied larg
ed amount of amusement. p
In 1862, while he was recovering from wounc
some voters in his district sent General Logan
letter requesting him to be candidate for Cc
! n gress to which he replied as follows: Gent
rec men, your kind favor asking me to accept a no
ination for Congress in the Fourteenth dstr
3. is received. / express all my views OF pollt
tus when assert my attachment for the Union.
ale have no other politics now, and consequently
aspiration for civil place or power This COVE
~ Inent must be preserved for future generate
per. in the same mold in which it was transmitted
us, il it takes the last man and the last dollar
the present generation to accomplish 1t
SECRETARY PosT, of the Democratic c
-. gressional committee, does not take rose
= On view Of the situation. He said to friend
~ Thursday: ''Cleveland's nomination was Y
A@'' take II was made to catch independent vot
and we have found that the first to run when
charges we're made against Cleyeland's charac
ska | are those very persons who pressed his nomi
= Nf ton so iercely The old-line Democrats, '
q :. have been defeated for twenty-five years .
=. always came up smiling, were deliberately 81
si nod IN the face Now Cleveand's friends
aeiy, aDpealng to us to save the day. We will do
Eli best, Notwithstanding all this, to WIN the hg
vate GENERAL BUTLER denies the story that
that recently asked Governor Cleveland for an in
tian- view, sand if I had, /" he-adds II believe G
ards, ernor Cleveland is a gentleman, and ne
,ury would send me the answer that he coult
huei- found any time at the executive Office in
tvo | new Capitol at Albany if General Butler des
to see him That would have been the ans
of a blackguard. and is the answer the editor
the Springfield Republican puts into Clevela
Price mouth; because one can never counterfeit
Of which he has no conception; and the Rel
lican has made the answer for Mr.. Clevel
been that the Republican would naturally ma
ather This would seem to put q quletus upon
have story OF % s;stent t. =