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POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

THE Canadian papers appear to be generally
opposed to Mr. Blaine but Mr. Blaine can prob
ably be elected without carrying Canada.
CONGRESSMAN PHIL THOMPSON says that it
cost ex-senator McCreery $4,000 to secure the
Democratic nomination for Congress against him
in the Eighth Kentucky district.
PAT CAHILL, the wealthy Irishman ofFayette
county, Illinois, wants to bet farm of forty
acres against 5000 that James G Blaine win be
the next President of the United States
Ex-CoNGREssMAN F. K. PALMER of Illinois,
writes: This time Illinois is in doubt, but the
doubt consists in the uncertainty whether the
State will give 10000 or $4,000 for the Repub-
lican State and National tickets.
On the 10th of July last the Philadelphia
Times stated that "a majority Of $1,000 for
Biaines candidate for Governor in Maine would
be an unerring index of Blaine tide True as
gospel, and mighty big tide it is.
CHICAGO News (Dem.) Thomas Hendricks is
terribly worked up because the 100000, 900 In
the United States Treasury represents So for
every person in the Union. Will the Acting
Secretary Of the Treasury please send Mr. Hem
bricks his IS and make him sit downf
NEW York Tribune The way to defeat the
party Of bribery, fraud and forgery is TO make
the majorties so heavy in the counties where
honest elections can be held, that It will be
found impracticable to overcome them. This
the Republicans can do, if they bring out their
entire vote and take extraordinary precautions
to guard against Democratic rascalities, The
State that gave Garfield to the Nation and to
humanity viii not be easily cheated By the men
who forged letters and hired periurers to Witty
MIN while living, and have not ceased TO sianqer
him in his grave
joins F. FINERTY, congressman from the
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readers. Just now, the correspondents are
giving a few moments spare time to the ad-
justment of President Arthur's future. One
'friend, who knows the President intimately, .
announces that he will retire to private life at
the end of his term, and will refuse to demean
himself by entering business or accepting a
lower political Office On the other hand, it
is declared with equal frmness that he pur-
poses TO return to Washington shortly as SEN
ator from New York, and is straining every
nerve to that end. There is discrepancy
somewhere, which possibly might have been
avoided had it occurred to the able writer's to
consult with Mr.. Arthur before announcing
his intentions and possibly it might not
Up to date he has apparently neglected to take
any correspondents into his entire confidence
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WHEN the Sentinel said yesterday that the
forged 'dodger' for the Republican jollifca-
ton meeting over the result in Maine twas
probably SO printed by the direction Of the
Republican committee" it lied knowingly,
lied willfully, lied stupidity; lied like an organ
of a party that attempts to buy electoral
votes, that dealsin mules, that FORCES Morey
letters and Raum letters, that ibels women
and attempts to stigmatize children, that
desecrates a dead babys grave and mutilates
its tombstone, might be naturally expected to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-13

The indianapolis Sentinel proposes that the
public pillory, because Of its infamous libel on
Mrs. Blaine In series Of attacks upon Hon.
Solomon Claypool because, though a Demo
crat, he was manly and decent enough to de-
nounce the villainy, the Sentinel says to Mr..
Claypool
Probably the party has TOO high regard
for itself to have any sympathy for you, who
think it an honor to volunteer to aid the Re
publican candidate in his fight against the
party"
We are quite willing to accept the Senti-
nel's assertion that when Mr.. Blaine is fight
ing the traducers of his wife and children
that he is fighting against the [Democraticl
party.o
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JAMES J. WALSH, of Greenfield, publishes
card in the Sentinel, saying he was Sur
prised' to see in the Journal the announce
ment that he had come out for Blaine and
Logan. Mr. Walsh came voluntarily into the
rooms of the Republican State central com
mittee, and in the presence Of several wit
masses stated that he had decided to abandon
the Democratic party, and would make his
first speech in Greenfield, and the next one in
the Nineteenth ward of this city. It was
presumed that he was responsible, and knew
his own feelings. His conversion back to
Democracy is as sudden as that of Saul while
en- route to Damascus, but not for the same
reason
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d the Editor q the InaianapolI. journal.

10 the Gditor OF the indianapolis journal;
To settle dispute please answer as to
Governor Hendricks's record on the Baxter
bill. Was he elected by temperance Repub-
licans, and did he veto any temperance meas
ure, and when? What connection did he have
with the temperance party when elected Gov
eInor? ANXIOUS REPUBLICAN.
Governor Hendricks approved" the Baxter
bill, without word of dissent. He never We
toed any temperance bill. He was elected by
the transfer of about SIS Republican votes
from the Republican candidate to him because
he claimed to be the better temperance man.
To be exact he secured majority of ], 14S,
while the Republican candidate for Governor
fell $40 short of the vote for Secretary of
State. There was no temperance ticket that
year The claim of Mr. Hendricks superior
ity on the temperance question was put forth
in circular sent out by one DR.. Boyd, of this
city, at the expense of the Democratic State
central committee, only few days before the
election, and without the approval of the
recognized temperance workers of the city or
State.
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woRKINeMEE Ar BONE AVID ABROAD

Mr.. F. Stevenson, of Terre Haute, has re-
Gently received letter from a relative in his
old home in England, in which the writer gives
the prices of some of the necessaries of life.
Beet, there, of ordinary cuts, sells at % cents
pound, and mutton at "a cents pound.
The same quality of meat can be bought in
this country at just half that price. Wages,
the letter states, is but fifty cents day! Two
pounds of mutton for a hard days work.
What would the protected wage workers of
America think of such payf Yet England
has long enjoyed the advantages of free
trade. Another Englishman in Telre Haute, a
laboring man, owns house and lot, the saw
ings of few years residence in America,
while his brother, who declined to come with
him, still lives on the fifth floor of a tenement
house in the old country, and owns no prop
erty at all. These incidents recall the testi-
mony of the English silk-weaver in one of the
protected mills in New Jersey. MY savings
he said, from my personal earnings are
greater than the combined earnings of myself
and three children while working in
England" In proof of his asser-
ton he offered to show his bank
book and certificates of shares in building
associations These facts, voluntarily produced
by men working by the day, are worth tons of
theories and endless assertions that have no
foundation in truth Workingmen would do
well to consider the situation, to see for them
selves and to think for themselves Let them
ask themselves why it is that half million
laborers annually come to this country, while
not half dozen cross the Atlantic eastward
to find work there. There are great adj
vantages in America that do not exist else
where, and they are preserved to the men who
live in America through the operation of the
protective tariff, established for that purpose.
How many men would leave their homes in
England or in Germany if they were able to
do the work there that they come here to
doY That is exactly what they would
be able to do if free trade were adopted. In
other words let the tariff be struck down,
and the workingmen of England will be
placed on an equal footing with those of In
diana. They are and have been for years
working for much lower wages than are paid
mechanics here. Their competition would
instantly cut prices to point at which no
self-respecting workingman in this country
would consent to work Distress would ensue
just as surely as this foolish policy were put
into practice. This is SO plain fact that
nobody need be mistaken in it. The evidence
of the men who have worked on each side Of
the Atlantic tells the story in a way that can
not be easily overturned. The men who have
tried both sides will make no mistake in the
way they vote
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THE rumor that Colonel Goldman had with
drawn from the independent movement proves
to be unfounded. Goldman is still for Cleve-
land, and will vote for him, though admitting
that he cannot do 50 with the entire satisfac-
ton he had expected because he regrets to
find that his private life is not unblemished,
In other words Goldman, in company with
many other shamefaced Independents who are
already practicing for the act will walk
backward with averted gaze" when depositing
his ballot for the reform" but not reformed
candidate
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A WESTERN farmer, writing to us from
Corectionville Ia, says: IF England wants
free trade for that reason we don't. am an
old farmer, and look back to 1S43 when sold
fat hogs for 1.37 per cwt., dressed and deliv-
cred. Steers which to-day would bring $25 in
the open market, at that time only brought SIS
per head. A calf day old is worth more
money to-day We mauled rails for forty
cents per 100 in 1843. I do not forget it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-13
THERE must come an end to the frequent

THERE must come an end to the frequent
changes in textbooks in the public schools.
Nominally free, the tax caused by the useless
and arbitrary changes in books makes the
schools very costly for family with an
ordinary number of children. Books good
enough this year to teach pupils arithmetic
from, for instance, are good enough for the
same service next year There is no excuse
for the frequent changes Of textbooks and no
honest explanation for them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-13

PAT JUDGE is on trial in New York city
court for the murder of Frederick Kopf It
has been shown that witnesses for the prosecu-
ton have been intimidated by the gang with
which Judge trains, and it is further stated
that when one witness testified to seeing the
fatal blow struck, Judge ''winked smilingly
at Police Captain Croher," The chances of
getting verdict Of conviction would seem
very slight in this case.
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State Ticket.

GovERNoR-wILLIAM H. cALKNs, of La Porte
county.
LrurrNANr-eovERSoR- EUGENE H. BUNDY, OF
Henry county.
SECRETARY OF srArE-RoBERT MITCHELL, Of
Gibson county.
AUDITOR OF srATE-BRUcE CARR, Of Orange
county.
TnEAsunER OF sTATE-RoGER R. SHELL, Of
Marion county
ArroRNEY-eENERAL-WnL c. WILSON. of
Tppecanoe county
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME CoURT, FIFTH DISTRICT
EDWIN p. HAMMOND, of Jasper county
REPORTER SUPREME CoURT-WHLIAM M.
H0GGATT, of Warrick county.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
BARNABAS G. HOBBS, of Parke county.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL
REpUBL1cAN NoMINATIoNs.
National Ticket.

National Ticket.
PREsIDENT-JAMES G. BLAINE of Maine
vIcE-PREsIDENT-JoENA A. LOGAN, of Illinois
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
State at large-Ailo S. HascaIl of Elkhart; John M
Butler, of Marion.
First District-James G. Veateh ofSpencer.
Second-Wiam B. Roberts, of Sullivan.
ThirSs John G.. Berkshire, of Jennings.
FourSs-William D. Ward of Switzerland
Fifth-Marshan Hacker. of Bartholomew.
Sixth-Josiah E. Mellette, of Delaware.
Seventh-Thad. S. Rollins, of Marion
Eighth-Eias S. Holiday. of Clay.
Ninth-Jsmes NJ. Reynolds, of Tippecanoe-
Tenth-Truman F. Palmer, of White
Eleventh-James F. Elliott of Howard.
Twelfth-Joseph D. Terrell, of lagrange
Thrteenth-L. w. Royse of Kosciusko.
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In 1872 the Democratic State central com
mittee circulated document to show that
Thomas A. Hendricks was better temperance
man than Thomas NJ Browne and would do
as the temperance people desired approve the
Baxter law It was that pledge that elected
this remarkably popular" Democrat the only
time he was ever elected to that Office by the
people, though he has been a candidate three
times
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-13
rHE SUNDAY InuRNAL.

The issue Of the Sunday Journal tomorrow
will be one Of special interest and value, hay
ing number of original articles, besides its
usual literary and miscellaneous features.
The Sunday Journal is sold for three cents,
and has vide circulation, both in the city
and throughout the State. It affords an un-
usually effective medium for advertising. It
is read by the largest and best constituency of
any Sunday paper published in the State.
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THE New York Tribune speaks Of s'thoul
sands of voters who are anxious to do their
duty this year" True, thousands Of voters
are anxious to do their duty; but they want to
know how much they are going to get.-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal
The Cd, Of course refers to Democrats.
If we are to believe the Courier Journal, and
other Democratic organs, two dollars apiece is
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weaken the confidence Of everybody who
reads it in its sanity and sincerity A news
paper like the Times should remember that
newspapers are long and presidential canvasses
short. No self-respecting paper can afford to
show itself SO entirely bereft Of the first prin-
ciples of honor and truth as the Times does
when it prints such insuferable rot as that
we have quoted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-13

If Washington correspondents were not
allowed to arrange the affairs Of nations and
individuals, what q dull time we should have,
to be sure. 1t lis true that matters 50 disposed
Of seldom stay fixed, but the sometimes VIC
lently conflicting methods Of arrangement
afford pleasant excitement to newspaper
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s1n the contest in Congress last winter
he IGrover Cleveland stood with Carlisle
and Morrison and against Randall It is
within my personal knowledge that he
wrote letters to New York members
ofCongress urging them to vote with Mr..
Morrison, both ON the question of consider
alton and ON the motion to strike out the
enacting clause of the Morrison bill. At least
one vote and perhaps more were gained fol
the bill by these letters."-Letter of Henry L
Nelson, clerk to Speaker Carlisle.
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In 1872 the Democratic State central com
mittee made temperance campaign in behalf
Of Thomas A. Hendricks. In 1882 the Demo
cratic State central committee made cam
paign on what they knew was a fraud in order
to force the Liquor League to pay the expenses
of the canvass.
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THE Democratic party is trying to get thu
liquor interest to commit suicide.
ISAAC P. GRAY,s RECORD.

Col Isaac P. Gray, Democratic candidate
for Governor of Indiana, was member of a
Know-nothing lodge in the State of Ohio.
He went into the army, but remained only
five months, resigning his commission when
his regiment was ordered to the front. His
army service was limited to pitching an old
Democratic printing press into the Ohio river,
and in so raiding Kentucky Democrats that
he was indicted, which indictments, we be-
lieye, have never been tried. He was
| elected ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in 1876, having
but recently abandoned the Republican party
because that party would not send him to
Congress He became acting Governor by
reason of the death Of Governor Williams,
and made himself notorious by the issuance of
more pardons during the few days he was in
Office than should have been granted during
an entire term When the Legislature met he
distinguished himself by stealing the honor of
Hon. Joseph E. Mcdonald, a man whom the
Democrats Of Indiana affect to honor and re-
spect Going out of Office with almost uni
versal contempt for this act of small treachery,
he addressed himself to the task of receiving
the nomination for Governor, which he ac-
complished by defeating General Manson, a
gallant soldier, whose military service
was an objectionable offense in
the eyes Of an Indiana Dem
ocratic convention. After his nomina-
ton, and when it became necessary for him to
meet his opponent Hon. W. H. Calkins, in
joint debate before the people, he shrank from
the proposition to have thirteen such discus
sions, and urged that there be but four, as
more than that would interfere with his per
sonal canvass, and joint debates were of no
special value, anyhow. He has, so far, con-
fined himself in his campaign speeches to will
fully lying about James G.. Blaine, saying that
the Republican candidate for President had
been Know nothing, which is untrue, while
he himself has upon his conscience an oath
taken in that secret and oathboun organi-
zationan organization justly obnox-
ious to every foreign-born citizen,
and SO inirnical to the individual free
dom and broad American citizenship
that has ever distinguished the Republican
party. This is ird's-eye view of the record
Of Isaac P Gray, Democratic candidate for
Governor Of Indiana: A Know Nothing;
soldier who threw up his commission rather
than smell gunpowder; renegade Republic
an; ten-day Governor, who issued pardons
almost as fast as he could write his name to
the papers; the flcher of deserved party
honor from Hon. Joseph E. Mcdonald; the
defeater of Gen. Manson, the hero of two
wars, while his own army service was confined
to throwing Democratic printing press into
the Ohio river, and being indicted by Ken
lucky Democrats for the malicious destruction
of property. This is the man the intelligent
voters Of Indiana are asked to make Governor
of the State
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TEN per cent. upon their salaries is what
the Democratic committee is reported to assess
the officers and employees Of the Insane Asy-
lum. Will George William be kind enough
to issue another circular and address it to his
friend Mr.. HendricksY
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sion and knocking at the door and coming
out of the door, with all that corruption
sought at the expense of the people. II can
not prove that brides known to fail in the As
sembly in 1888 were placed so near Mr..
Cleveland that if he does not have the money
he can get it at any time-if can not prove
that am not what 1 profess to be."-State
Senator Grady before the Tammany Committee, Sept.
1884
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Col. ISAAC P. GRAY, the Democratic can
didate for Governor of Indiana, was mem
Der and officer of the Know-nothing lodge Of
New Madison, Ohio. Read the proof printed
in another column.
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port of the ticket. Mr.. Tilden has carefully
RETAINED from any Endorsement Of the reform
ticket but, perhaps, he has been waiting UNI
til such action would do the most good. If 50,
and he has any words Of comfort to offer, let
him speak them now. The party stands sadly
in need of consolation and support.
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LIZ the speeches Of Mr.. Schurz will do al
much good in Ohio and Indiana as they did
in Maine we shall have Republican majority
of at least SO, 600 in Ohio, and q, 900 in Indil
ana Carl Schurz is a boon.
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Two bankers absconding from Philadelphia
have been placed under arrest. Go for them;
and let change Of venue be taken to New
Jersey, if possible.
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ILLINOIS is in doubt The doubt is wheth-
er the Republican majority will be 10000 or
10000. We incline to the latter figure.
Blaine, Logan and Oglesby are the three graces
to please the Illinois boys.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-13

MANY man has been convicted of crime
before a jury upon circumstantial evidence
less conclusive than that which connects
Thomas a. Hendricks with the mean cir
culation Of the Maria Halpin story against
Grover Cleveland.
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The regiment of which Isaac P. Gray was
colonel never had the pleasure of seeing
their commander. He threw up his commits
sion when the regiment was ordered to go
South to do some real fighting.
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REPUTABLE men generally will agree with
Judge Claypool that it would have been to
the credit of any Democratic attorney to vol
unteer to act against the Sentinel in the case
Of its brutal attack upon Mrs. Blaine.
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Would Mr.. James NJ. Cropsey who SO
deliberately "cards7 the Sentinel to deny that
it was his fathers printing press that sCol.'
Gray pitched into the Ohio river like to see
printed his private opinion, publicly expressed,
Of the gallant Colonel as Democratic candi-
date for Governorl
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TO the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal
VIII you please answer in the Daily Journal
how the Republicans carried every county in
Maine9 The Democrats elected thirty-four rep
resentatives. S. F. HARDY.
MARKLEvILLE Ind.
Representatives are not elected from counties
but from other political divisions, such as towns
and plantations, number Of which, Of course,
went Democratic But the Republicans carried
every county. electing all county officers.
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WITHOUT wishing to be offensive, it is
high time to inquire who is interested in the
petty pencil trade in the public schoolsf The
order of the authorities as to the use of a
particular kind of pencil is absurd, out
rageous, contemplate, and smacks of job
somewhere, to speak plainly.
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SoME men are very peculiar Now there is
Charles McHugh, Of New York city. a brick
mason, who impudently asserts that he is not
Michael St George, carpenter. He also de-
clares that he is not the husband Of Mrs St
GEORGE nor the father Of her children, though
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WE have no desire to rub salt in the wound,
but would repeat that just four years ago
this week the northeasternmost State in the
Union went Democratic. This week it didn't
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-13

Mr. SHOEMAKER, of the Sentinel, has
found one Democratic shyster in the country,
over in Missouri, who volunteers to aid him
in his attempt to blacken the reputation Of
Mrs. Blaine and put a stigma upon her
children.
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The Princess of Wales is member of S. P.
G. A., and says: IF Ihave saved one cat from
misery, shall feel that l have done something"
Yes indeed, dear Princess; but you can't always
tell a cats feelings by his conversation, Some
times when his lamentations are loudest, he is
industriously painting the neighborhood Chi
nese vermilion hue