The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-31

DANIEL w. VOORHEES,: THANK God we
have a candidate with neck as thick my
thigh, and head like bulls"
PHILADELPHIA Press: To the pure all things
are pure--and there you have complete map
of the affectionate admiration of Henry Ward
Beecher for Grover Cleveland
SPEAKER CARLISLE, of Kentucky, said to a
gentleman recently: II have never considered
the campaign nything else but walk-over for
Blaine ever since the moment Cleveland was
nominated"
LOUISVILLE Commercial: The speeches made
by Mr.. Hendricks in his tour. as printed in the
newspapers, have been all the time admittedly
the weakest made by any of the national candi-
dates now perambulating the country.
CLEVELAND Herald: There are thousands
and thousands of Republicans who cannot vote
for Blaine says the New York Times. Of
course there are They live in the South and
the shotgun keeps them from the polls.
CINCINNATI Commercial Gazette: Outside of
political issues, we would be willing to stake all
the money we could command that the Ameri-
can people will never make President of any
man who has bastard child running about his
city.
OUR Prohibition friends will read with inter
est that at the Brooklyn barbecue, which Gov
ernor Cleveland recently attended 5000 kegs of
Deer were dispensed from eighteen DafS " QUE
for St JOhn-Anything to Beat Blaine" was one
of the legends over the bars.
THE sheriff Of q Kentucky county bordering on
the Ohio river declared about two days ago that
the Democrats will carry Ohio next Tuesday,
and that they had raised Kentucky money for
that purpose. He offered Republican of Cler-
mont county $3.50 if he would carry two pre-
cincts in that county for Cleveland
ANOTHER forgery is laid at the doors of the
New York Evening Post 1t published state
ment purporting to come from Mr.. Ralph Stone
to the effect that Rev. DIR. Van Bokkelen sis a
warm supporter of Cleveland" Mr. Stone denies
making such a statement. 1t isn't good days
work for that paper when it doesn't get in few
forgeries.
ONLY last year Mr. st. John publicly declared
his opposition to the formation af national Pro
hibition party, remarking with emphasis that
success in Kansas had not been obtained by any
such means. At that time it had not occurred 10
Mr. st. John that a close alliance with the party
of rum and ruin" was divine agency for the
spread of temperance
WITH reference to his approaching SEVENTEEN
birthday, Mr.. Beecher once said that he had
long before resolved to retire from public view
when be had reached that age realizing the dan
ger that mind which had been so long and
persistently active might lose it's power of judg
ment and perception. Mr.. Beechers SEVENTEEN
birthday was June a. 1883
PHILADELPHIA Press; st John is meander-
ing through the State of New York telling the
people that the way to establish constitutional
prohibition is to turn the Government over to
the party of free whisky and no Sunday. st.
John is not demagogue. A demagogue always
has some sense and never insults the people by
presumlng that they are fools.
The Independent committee in New York is
being quoted in Democratic papers as having
IS, 900 names of voting Republicans on its list,
but the correspondent of the Washington Star
was told at the independent headquarters that
these figures without authority from them.
and that they had no idea what the strength of
their movement was in New York State
j. v. ADMIRE editor of the Usage City Kan
Free Press. says of St John: His present hos
tility to the Republican party grows simply and
solely out of the fact that he was too big load
for the party in Kansas to carry Being politi-
cally dead and damned as Republican he seeks
to build new political party, Of which he hopes
to be the great leader He has but one idea, and
his polical platform has but one plank, and that
is John p. St John. The people of Kansas al
Eeady understand this, and the people of the
United States will soon learn it, I want to make