The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-11
POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

Hon. g M. CLAY is soon to take the stump
for the Republican ticket. He will make his
opening speech at Louisville, KY
As soon as the Democrats discovered that the
Blaine aggressive campaign was loaded they be-
gan to shout Call off your dogs!p
NEW York Sun: In this canvass the presence
Of General Butlor will certainly produce disturb
ance. and this disturbance is, in our Judgment,
likely to prove wholesome and useful.
THE Hon. ]. G. Carver has retired from the
contest for the Republican congressional nominal
ton in the Rockford (Ill. district This insures
the denomination Of Congressman Hit
TIE Oldest Democrat in the country is Captain
lothian Johnson, of South Durham, Me-, born
September 20, 1874, who voted for Jefferson and
every subsequent Democratic candidate He is
so old and blind as to render useless any attempt
to reform him now.
NEW York Tribune: The independent news
papers congratulate each other upon their fam
| ing zeal.1 Considering the methods to which
they resort in their anti Blaine campaign it can
be truly said that they are sahame The Bible
refers to that sortof an illumination in the
| phrase, set on fire of he'll
IT is stated that exCongressman Jimmy
O'Brien, Of New York city has unsheathed his
knife, and that he will make an effort to scalp
Cleveland. O'Brien is a power that must not be
overlooked The fact that he polled Is, 600 votes
| last fall in the city, when he had neither money
nor organization gives him considerable strength
/ for good and evil.
LOUISVILLE Commercial It is pleasing to old
admirers and defenders of the Rev Henry Ward
Beecher to see the CourierJournal now accept
| ing his verdict on the charges against Gov Cleve-
] lands continuance as sufficient settlement of
the matter. The Courier journal is doubtless
now ready to admit that it has been very unjust
/ to Mr.. Beecher in the past.
SARATOGA Special Senator Grady is here. He
has information from all sections Of the State
This information confirms the report that Cleve-
! land is losing ground lam told too that the
ugly stories printed in some of the obscure pa
pers Of the State are working great damage to
| the reform Governors chances have heard
more than one man here today say that Cleve-
land should Withdraw from the ticket at once
CONGRESSMAN MURcH think that with
| proper work Blaine can carry Maryland I have
spent three months with the worlxingmen in
that State, and know what am talking about.
Maryland is Republican outside Of Baltimore.
| There are enough workingmen in Baltimore to
! turn the scales and the workingmen of that city
are for Butler with avidity With proper work
among them Blaine will carry the State.
THE Republican congressional campaign com
mittee win get out textbook for the use of
i speakers and workers In the Blaine and Logan
cause 1t will not be issued until about the 1st
] Of September. The wait will be for the purpose
! Of seeing what questions will be developed and
thrust into the campaign BY that time Secre-
! tary McPhersons Handbook Of Politics. has
been delayed for some days 1t will, however,
i be out on the 18th.
PROF. GREGoRY, Of Howard University, says
as to Ohio there appeared to be better organize
ton and more enthusiasm among Republicans
than in the Garfield campaign. The liquor ques-
/ ton was not involved in this campaign, and the
Germans, who are Republicans at heart, would
support Blaine. Prof. Gregory had no doubt
/ that Ohio would be carried for Blaine and Lo-
| gan. The friends Of Garfield are strong there
| he said, and they are attached to Blaine.
/ PHmADELPHIA Presa: Benny Butler sitting
around with meatax in his hand ready to dis
sect Cleveand's letter Of acceptance is specta-
Gle scarcely less interesting than that Of the boy
who sat with club watching hole in the river
/ bank sWhat are you going to catch from that
| hole my boylp II dunno whether it'll be a
snake swaller or tortle, but it's all the same ter
/ me- If it's tortle he'll wish he'd been swaller
1 and II it's a swaller he'll wish he'd been snake
/ think lisa snake, and I'm dead set agin
snakes
| THE Buffalo Catholic Union, published at
Clevelands home, says: Two very serious
charges have been made against the Democratic
] candidate, which, if true, would unfit him not