The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-17
POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

The shades Of night were falling fast,
There on the air tin horn blast
Worse than the trumpet's blow at last.
Ohio.
Ii that great American orator, Mr.. S. G.
Cleveland, is coming out to electrify tn. rowdy
West it Is time for him to be memorizing and
rehearsing his speeches.
PHILADELPHIA Press To John r. Mclean,
Clncinnati You were wise to enter the matr
morial state, as you did the other day. It's the
only state where you have the ghost of a chance
this year.
THE Leavenworth Times predicts that Gener-
al Butler will receive five votes to St Johns one
in Kansas. Blaine will take almost all of the
balance, and will nave great big majority over
the combined opposition.
LOUISVILLE Commercial: 1t is rather painful
to observe in both ends of the Courier Journal
an endeavor to convince tho Democrats who
read 1t that the Courier-Jcurnal never did ex-
pect anything from Ohio 1t leads the intelli-
gent reader to suspect that the CouIier-Journal
feels somewhat like it had been struck by q
sand bag.
In Washington it is universally believed that
the effect of the Ohio election will be to insure
tho electoral vote of Indiana for Blaine. A Dem
Ocratic editor from that State said: 81 know
every county in the State and l know well
enough there is enough of the floating element
who will be affected by the Ohio result to insure
the State to Blaine, Logan and Calkins"
PHILADELPHIA Press: There must be no re-
taxation Of effort; the battle must be pressed at
all points; the Republican phalanx, dropping all
defense and leaving exploded ISLANDERS to their
own impotence, must push the advantage with
renewed spirit and determination. We have the
enemy on the run, and we must keep them
running. With resolute and earnest work we
can now Garry every Northern State.
AN interview reports Sir John McDonald's i'm
preston of Blaine as follows: II am personally
interested in the canvass, as met Mr.. Blaine
in Washington in 1871, while arranging the
terms of our treaty. and was charmed by his
personal good qualities well as his splendid
craftsmanship and ability. l can never forget the
tact and pertinacty with which he stuck to ev-
erything that would be of benefit to the States.
ST. Louis Globe Democrats The wisdom of
making the fight on the tariff has been approved
in Ohio In the most pronounced manner, and
the lesson should not be wasted in Illinois, In
diana, Connecticut and New York The re-
moVal OF such men as Hurd and Morrison from
Congress would have an encouraging effect on
manufactures, as tending to allay the uneasi-
ness which accompanies their agitation OF the
tariff.
WE End the following in the Cincinnati Com
mereial Gazette:
II my VS9rS ~ Inv
American citizens of Ohio for tho grand and he
roc work accomplished by them at the polls yester-
day and furthermore assure them that Indiana will,
IN November like themselves, resent the insult Of
fered nationality by Bragg, of Wisconsin and APP
plauded by the entire national Democratic convention
and vote for Blaine, Logan victory and protection.
INDIANAPOLIS Oct. 10. Il. l.. SCARLETT.
THE fact that the election of congressman in
West Virginia does not take place until Novem-
Der postpones for the time being the opportunity
to measure in full the gains made either by the
protectionsts, or the revenue refOrmers" The
fight for members OF Congress has been made
almost wholly upon the tariff issue, and the
Republicans confident of gaining member
in the State delegation, despite the gerryman-
dering schemes passed by the Democratic Legis-
lature.
HARRIS B. MUNsON, of Seymour, Conn, has
announced to the Republican State central COM
mittee his intention 20 support Blaine and Lo-
gan, and he will stump the State for tho Re-
publican candidates Mr.. Munson has been a
Democratic leader in the Connecticut LegisIa-
ture, and county judge He has been regard
ed as the leader and the most influential Demo
crat in the Naugatuck valley. He says that for
twenty five years the Republican party has been
the party of progress, and that all the good that
has accrued to the country during that period
has been due to that party. Juoge Munsons
change Of front is important, and he will be a
valuable accession to the Republican ranks, as
his following has been and is now large.