The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-22
POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

CINCINNATI Enquirer: We have been waiting
for some one to suggest that Belva Lockwood
make good President What's the matter with
all the funny men2
IT is asserted that Mr. James L. Curtis, the
Greenback nominee for Governor of Connect
cut is not legal voter of the State, and, conse
quently, is not eligible to the Office.
KNIGHTsTowN Banner: The Democrats have
sent for G. G. Offutt and J. j. Walsh, of Green
field, to come to Raysville to settle the Irish"
as they term it Most Of our people know Offutt
and Walsh
PITTsBURG Dispatch: It may have escaped
the notice Of the Democratic press that General
Logan's English seems admirably adapted to the
comprehension OF the masses throughout West
ern Pennsylvania and Ohio.
NEW YORK Tribune The Indianapolis Senti
mel announces that the Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon,
of New Haven, will support Cleveland. This is
important if true, for the Rev. DR. Leonard
Bacon has been in heaven for several years
PITTsBuRa Dispatch: 1t is rather hard on the
opposition to recall that at the time when Mr..
Blaine was supposed to be so greedy for money,
he had himself left out of salary grab in which
Ben Butler was the leading spirit, and sundry
other Democratic statesmen prominent partici-
pants.
SATURDAY People: The German Republican
club of this city claims to be FIVE hundred
strong If SO it goes to show that the Germans
are not united politically by any means, and
that there are more Germans who are going to
vote the Republican ticket than we had any
idea there were.
THE Free-trade Club Of London makes the
following significant announcement: Let it be
understood, once for all, that the salvation of
England depends upon the destruction of Ameri-
can manufactures. and that the only way in
which American manufactures can be destroyed
is by free trade"
Ex-SEoRETARY Window, who is in Washing
ton on private business, expects to go to Ohio
this week. He will make several campaign
speeches in that State before going to Minnesota
to engage in the canvass there. He expresses
the utmost confidence in the success of the Re-
publican national ticket.
PITTsBuRG Commercial Gazette: Carl Schurz
spoke at Detroit the other night and at the close
of his address the chairman announced that
their distinguished guest had refused to accept
any compensation for his services Overcome
with the sublime manifestation of generous self
denial, the audience fell on each others necks
and wept great scalding tears.
NATIONAL Republican: There are some work
ingmen who are anxious to try the experiment of
free trade, believing that many of the neces-
saries of life would then become cheaper. They
might draw lesson from the Irishman who,
when informed that geese were worth only a
sixpence on the Emerald Isle, observed that ''the
great throuble is to get hould of the sixpence.
PHILADELPHIA Press: Emery Storrs, of Chi
cago, thinks that if one began to read the Ten
Commandments to the Independents they would
object on the ground that it was calculated to
raise the scandal issue, but we are not fully
agreed with him in the matter. Our own belief
is that the independents would go on record as
in favor of the commandments but opposed to
their observance.
AMONG the visitors from Maine, who called on
Mr.. Blaine at New York, were Hannibal Hamlin
and Congressman Reed. The venerable Hamlin
smoked black cigars and stood about all day
showing no more fatigue than a young man..
This old man, who is now in the neighborhood
of eighty, intends to go to Ohio to make several
speeches He still wears his dresscoat of 1840
and up to this day he has never committed the
weakness of wearing fannes an overcoat.
BEN BUTLER swings round the political circle
with low-crowned, broad-brim hat on his pol
ished poll. His frock coat and trousers are
black III contrast with which habiliments of
woe is a white, starchy vest. At the coat lapel
the fascinating candidate ordinarily sports a
red rose The journalists who seek to inter
cept him agree that he is las nimble as boy
some wickedly write as nimble as the cold
boy"-and his appetite is reported to be thing
awful for landlords with lean larders to look at
THE call by General Grant upon Mr.. Blaine
at New York, was one Of the most significant
incidents Of the campaign. It was expressive of
the answering loyalty Of Grant to the party of
Republication in the Republic He cannot take
an active part in the campaign as he did four
years ago, but he comes forward in his own time
and way to bear his testimony in favor of the
great cause, and to show his good will for the
candidate who has upon him the responsibilities
Of leadership. The call of General Grant is in
itself speech that millions will understand, and
it is an act that eliminates anew the long record
of his services that should ever be held in CRATE
| full remem brance BIZ his countrYmaIl