The sun., 1884-02-24
HALLOO, HALLOOi
Aa Iadiana Attack Upon the Hes. Joseph u.
McDou add.
FROM the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
INDIANAPoLIs, Feb. IA number OF DEM
ocratic newspapers in Indiana are not only des-
titute Of enthusiasm for tho candidacy OF the
Hon. Joseph L. Mcdonald. but openly manifest
q disposition to combat his nomination. When
1t Ia remembered that the whole force OF the
party organza for the last six months has
contred upon this distinguished citizen. and
the attitude OF Mr. Hendricks which. III not
one OF Indifference. is certainly innocent OF in
torforcnce with tho formation OF opinion. is
thoro not something remarkable in tho condi-
tion Of our politicsp Politicians have with oar
nestness and an adroitness that cannot be i'm
pugned. ondcavored TO manufacture senti-
ment that would settle upon MIR. Mcdonald as
tho choice OF Indiana. but thus far II has proved
sY Ing the skid ii labor sxpcntSI as "ProsdSn.
tial boom it is stale. fiat, and unpront table. His
recepti2n, when no came forward 10 huuresss .,,s
the editors recently convened in MS Interest
was
Remote, unfrendly, melancholy, slow.
Why IL this? Simply because the suspicion
exists that MIR. Mcdonald strong as he Is said
to bo beyond tho border. is sadly wanting In
ship ana That IN ths state hs could not at
tract an electoral majority. What rcasonabe
grounds are thero for doubling his potency?
He has been associated with no triumph or
conspicuous achievement; he never has car;
iried the state. and after term in the United
due to lndnnas favorito son.. ho was denied
tho endorsement OF u complimentary vote.
lntors whose services were satisfactory. That
ne M homer WpmSSI shown Coy Gray r. the expensso
don impulse. and re result Of thoushtlossnSss ia,,
on tho part of the, General Assembly rs stated
by the ,hh, %n TS"ds not
ture doliberation. and was really less a COM
Ime himont , to one than u rerroof to the o,hor.
erS % Assembly had been % Democratic rat " Cow . Gray Gray
and not Joseph i. Mcdonald wSud! have bsen
is that some OF the legislators were elected in
ocpposition to McDonnld's, return. The fact
e Yns fSs N Of Inds aRSt n M
Democrats were arrayed against him on tho
question ot finance. that in, the Senate he had
party party be beneath eat his feet, nromsns l but throas6
coercion; inability, or inliiIcrence, neyer, reply
publcists. was several hundred votes the strong
or. was NIL canvassed in the Democratic caucus
af0n as tai aes rua VAS h
weighed wei and found wanting The tariff upon
her OF Congress and when compared with Brit
ish teachings, Of tho reriod is found TO be
whatever strength he has must be social rather
than political. Mere social qualities kept Jesse
ate for seventeen years, During all that period
Senator BriEht made but one speech three,
from Webster .' But t the american n people " have
hitherto demanded sterner stuff in President.
AT this writing 1T Is impossible to get IN 1dea
circulated through the Indianapolis press
Donald's nomination. Mr.. shoemaker and
Mr.. New. one the proprietor OF q Democratic
morning newspaper. and the other the pro-
prictor Of a Republican morning news paper.
resemble each other in nothing but the nrduOus
advocacy Of his candidacy, but widely differing.
no doubt. in motive. Indeed the Republican
press is not only vehement but intolerable in
its support Of his cause. The Journal Times.
and Ners all Republican papers. vie in show
by the Democratic party would signify a return
to the moro virtuous days of the republic
But tho spectacle OF a Hoosicr delegation
before n National Convention trying to hoist
an absolute free trader on II Payne plat
form frequently appears between the lines.
All that the exclusion OF popular thought
from the central Democratic newspaper
sors can do for q candidate Mr., Shoemaker
Gratis who moet you at every step upon the
street with tho assurance that there is nothing
in tho namo or history OF MIR. Mcdonald TO in
spire confidence in his party. and everything
to rcpel tho independent voter. have no organ
in indianapolis. Further than this. they are
offended by the emblazoned declaration that
Mr. Hendricks @ has lost MS G2nnlhrily thathis
this Samson of his locks. and that in conse-
Guencs Joe T.. Mcdonald is tho man whom tho
force Of circumstances has raised up. Both Of
these factions are lamcntably wrong. In the
first place. that Mr.. Hendricks could to-day
carry more votes in Indiana than any other
living mnn no Democrat will deny. That Mr..
McDonaid's strength is equal to the strength
genius for mathematics believes.
JAP TURpEN