The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-23
POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

GEN. GRANT is reported to have expressed adj
miration for Blaine's letter of acceptance. 1t is,
he said, one of the best and most ~judicious that
could be written.
The work of the campaign in Maine will be
entered upon this week by the Republicans. The
Democrats have already given up the State, and
will practically allow it to go by default in Sep
TENDER.
BINGHAMToN Republican: Hendricks evil
IDENTIFY labors under the delusion that he is the
head of the Democratic ticket. SOM one ought
to jerk his ~coat-tail, and tell him he is making a
mistake.
Mrs. HARRIET BEEcHER STOWE expresses
great admiration for Mr.. Blaine, personally and
politically. She would vote for him had she a
vote, and in any case she will support him. Pro-
fessor Stowe speaks in warm terms of Mr.. Blaine,
and lauds his book highly.
THE New York Freeman's Journal, which is
supposed to voice tho sentiment of Cardinal Nc
Closkey, ridicules the nomination Of Cleveland,
and intimates that he cannot be elected. If the
election were to occur in August it says Blaine
would carry New York State with a hurra.
AN effort will be made by the anti-prohibition
party in Kansas to ~re-elect Governor Click. 1t
is proposed to run Click on a fusion ticket, all
the other nominees but himself being anti-prohi-
bition Republicans. The National Brewers As
ISOLATION, it is believed, will contribute the cam
paign fund.
The explicit statement of Mr.. Theodore Roose-
welt, that he will heartily support Blaine and
Logan, anddo his utmost for Republican success
this fall leaves George William Curtis the
shonorn of being the only delegate out Of 800
participating in the Chicago convention who will
not help to elect the nominee.
THE New York Republikaner says that a
fourth-class lawyer and a threadbare political
catch-word constitute the Democratic combina
ton of Cleveland and Reform and that neither
Sigel nor Schurz can deliver any German Re
publican votes to the Democracy. '"Their pre-
tensions to represent that element, says the
Republikaner. have long ago been exploded,
and everybody knows it,
The Hon. George l.. Walton, of Concordia,
La, is out in a strong letter for Blaine and Lo-
gan. Mr.. Walton has been a Democrat, was a
member of the last State Senate, and when Gov
ernor Witt died and McEnery succeeded him,
Senator Walton became PRECEDENT of the LOUISE
ana Senate. He is a man of much influence
among the better class of Democrats of Louisi-
ana, many of whom will aid him in his efforts to
carry the State for Blaine.
THE Augusta, Me-, correspondent of the anti
Blaine Boston Herald telegraphs to his paper
that he is firmly convinced that Blaine is gain
ing ground, and it would not be surprising if the
Plumed Knight should roll up one of the biggest
majorities ever given in Maine to a presidential
ticket. In no other State can be found more in
telligence, more love of morality and all that is
truly good in mankind than in Maine. There are
men who don't like Blaine, but there are more
who do. They are to be found in all parts.
They have watched his public career from the
beginning. and they notonly admire his splendid
ability. but they like his progressive and aggres-
siye spirit. His public acts cause a difference in
public opinion because viewed from a partisan
standpoint