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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

WHAT will the Republican party of this
State do when Frank James shall have fol
lowed his confederates to the gravel The poor.
old b~roken-dAwn outlaw, forsaken by his for
mer friends, harassed by successive prosecu-
tions, dragged from one trial to another, and
shingled over with indictments and warrants
that will last the balance of his miserable and
worthless life, is a living. witness to the un-
sparing and pitiless rigor with which the prose-
cutting authorities of Missouri have followed
the brigands, of whom he is the sole remaining
survivor. They were as daring a band Of des-
peradoes as ever bestrode q horse or pulled 3
trigger, and the war against them was long and
diffcult.-St. Louis Republican.
Poor Frank Lamented Jessel Noble, i'm
pulsive and quick on the trigger, VI e shall not
soon see their like againl o, the sunspariing,
pitiless ligOr with which they have been per
secuted, until at last, the average citizens
life is almost as secure in Missouri as in civil
lied communities. Too bad that this heroic
relict of the glory Of Democracy is so beset
by the minions Of the law. There is one
bright spot, however, IN the dark picture;
Frank now seems ip q fair way Of spending
the remainder Of his life in peace, and the
people Of Missouri should make some slight
reparation for the harm done him by e~lectine
him Governor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01
HENDRToKs ON CLEyBLAND,

In view of the recent publication of Mr.. Hen
dricks's remarkable letter to a Dubuque editor,
in which he expressed the opinion that the &C
ton of the convention can not now be recon
sidered," and that, therefore, Mr.. Cleveland
can not now be withdrawn, his auditors on
Saturday night awaited his remarks on this
point with more than ordinary interest. The
speaker, toward the end of his address, man
aged, to approach the subject, and in a man
ner that will perhaps attract more attention to
it than if he had entirely ignoredi it. "Notlong
since I made the acquaintance of Gov. Cleye-
land Gov. Hendricks, for aquarterofacentur
prominent before the country and personally
in contact with all its great men, has but re-
Gently made the acquaintance OF the man
sought out to lead the Democratic party.
And this is the way Mr.. Hendricks disposes OF
the scandal" which has challenged the at
tention and invited the severest criticism of
the Christian ministry: "In respect to his
private life, we will not accompany his
defamers in their search for ground of accuse
ton back of the overwhelming yindication by
his n~eighbors, in three political contests of ex-
tr~aordinary brilliancy and success" Il ever
man were damned with faint praise, Cleve-
land is he-and of all men by Mr..
Hendricks The significance Of Mr.. Hen
dricks's guarded utterance is apparent when
it is taken into consideration in connection
with all the reports and Endorsements made
by the friends of the accused. Not one has
attempted to absolve him from the charge
brought against him by the ministers of
Buffalo. 1t was one of the most humiliating
exhibitions ever witnessed in the field of
American politics. candidate not able to
deny one of the most serious charges that
could possibly be made against the private
character of his fellow-candidate. If Mr..
Hendricks has any commiseration for Mr..
Cleveland, he can best prove it by making no
further reference to a scandal the truth of
which he tacitly admits.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

at once in both directions on one wire,
But Mr.. Brown was not peculiar
in this. His whole party was
little better, and many were worse,
Even so sagacious a Democrat as Thomas a..
Benton thought so little Of the immature mir
acle that he gives it less than a half column
of the Journals type in his report Of the de-
bate on it in the 'Abridgment;0
its passage in the HOUSE by a vote of eighty
nine to eighty-three-a close shaye-in four
lines and a half, and says nothing at all of
the ~concurring vote of the Senate. A very
distinguished Democrat, Cave johnson, of
Tennessee, Mr.. Folks Postmaster-general
moved to amend the appropriation by giving
half of it to make experiments in mesmerism,
and the Democrats roared with laughter at
the humor Of the satire. (Benton's Abridg-
ment, Vol. XIV, page 1867 1t is well
enough to revive these facts, now that the
Democracy is claiming the creation of the
schools and the asylums, and the railroads
and factories, and steam navigation, and sun
shine and summer rain. and the solar system
in its improved condition. The same cor
respondent asks: I'm what year did Nh. Wick
run for Congressf1 He ran first against George
L. Kinnard, a~djutant Of the Bloody Three
Hundred, in 1888, and was beaten. In 1885
Mr.. Kinnard was elected again. We are
not sure, but think that Wick was his oppon-
ent. He was blown up on a steamer on his
way to Washington, in 1886, and VIM. Herod,
Of Columbus, was elected to the vacancy. In
~ Herod was reelected, and in 80 Wick was
elected for the first time. Governor Wallace
beat him in the next race, but he was re-
elected ia AS and az.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

The campaign was opened on Saturday
all over the State in splendid style, amid the
greatest enthusiasm. The meetings every
where we're largely attended. Thousands Of
people were present everywhere to listen to
the discussions of Republican principles, and
to take counsel together for the good of the
country and of the party. The Republicans
of Indiana send greeting to the country.
They are alive, alert, active, hopeful, conf
dent. The fight is on, and will be kept up
relentlessly until the last hour of the last day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

THE United States grand jury, in session
at Prescott, Arizona, last week returned seven
indictments against Mormons for polygamy.
If such cases cannot be successfully prose
cuted in Utah there is no reason why the OPP
posite should moi be the fact in regions where
gentiles are at least equally numerous, and pub
lie sentiment strongly against the evil. If no
other result were reached, the certainty Of
arrest as law-breakers would at least have a
tendency to confne the Mormons to their
own stronghold. AS it is, they are rapidly
invading the other Western Territories.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01
POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

nuNrunAF EurHro@yu dool;,ad ~ 1881 - Al
New York Groenhack maet;no ard declorad ~
adherence 10 the Republican party.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS. Independent DEM
na aeo.no ean5.
tba cleyks If tba denartmaSts af soSornmant -
r. 80 = n0
3 = - 9'.iAiis,y az
~ = s 90 sns; - t NJ H. ~ eior
ETrvru uan mado, - az .,,oaad
= ~ "ieseu
independent conference" at montpelier, on
Tuesday. With praiseworthy modesty the
eleven refralned from putting out a State ticket.
IS. H. Gil in the New York Sun, furnishes
the following statement Of Cleveland's public
record: Sherif-Hung two men. Mayor-One
bastard son. Accidental Governor-Absolutely
unknown anterior to the year 1852.
LOUISIANA planters favorable to the election
of Blaine and Logan met in convention or Sat
urday and organized the Conservative Republic
an party. Candidates for Congress win be nom
lnated IN alnereht ols1rlcts q the state
The national Prohibition camp meeting, at
Round Lake. N. Y. is held ostensiblv IN boost
tba 81 John movamant. MT tb;s a;d ~ ..a.sost
tha a,a;anca y Z = wadnoaasn.s .p1-
singing John Browns Body with the refrain
A Blaine goes marching on
If eoWaruice Ia meeGng q PUBIC issue could
make a man President said Senator Miller the
o,bor dor .sf bynocrsy GA taIsa ..o.a.a.e
go - n9poeiNy Anu ias0 Prelenses
could bring q party into power, then the Repub'
the wro @Uu, year : f fu.e anv su ,nbs yea sesr. Dns snls Is
cur
THE Massachusetts Blaine and Logan Club is
a recent development of the campaign. It's
headquarters are in Boston, Judge E. r. Hoar
Il ono.;don4 ond a. roonhnn~htn ...~ka-ao
loO lnfuentaI men tnrougnout the state; me
club will send out speakers and spread Repub-
ilcan
Two Democratic newspapers in Nashville,
Tenn, are still quarreling about the tariff plank
4 ia national n,atform ~ tba;r nertv M
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01
nRMAanaY.

How much has the power Of the farmer
been increased by this improved machinery
More than two hundred fold. You can pro
duce two hundred fold as much in the same
time. Now, why is not the condition of the
farmer two hundred fold better now than it
was before the good gifts of God to him in
the shape of machinery were given him to
increase productionf@
This is a paragraph from General Buffers
speech in Pennsylvania, and for ~unadulterated
demagogy and rot probably surpasses anything
yet offered the American people. That any
sensible person could for a moment be pre-
vailed upon to listen to such stuff and to give
it serious consideration seems incredible. In
the first place, machinery has not increased
the farmers power of productiveness by 200
per cent. A man with a hoe can make twenty
five bushels Of corn grow on an acre Of land.
Can a farmer, with any kind of machinery,
produce 5000 bushels to an acre, or
200-fold more than the man with the hoe2
Somebody equally smart and equally as un.
considerable a demagogue as Butler, will an
swer that the farmer with the machinery can
cultivate more land. Granted that a man
with hoe can cultivate but ten acres, and
can produce $50 bushels; will the man with
machinery be able to cultivate enough land
to better that by 200 fold, and produce 50, 900
bushclsf The absurdity Of Buffers premise
is so apparent that it would be ridiculous to
proceed with the argument to show in how
many ways the farmer has been benefited by
the employment Of machinery, and in how
many ways his manner of living has been
bettered, his ease secured and his comfort adj
ministered to. 1t is astonishing that people
can be found who will feed on such chaff and
imagine it is good grain. It is a humiliating
confession to make, but the fact that a man of
Gen. Buffers astuteness saw fit to make such
argument is proof that somebody may be
found to believe it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

THE Corning (Iowa) District Conference Of
the NJ. E. Church, at a late meeting, adopted
the following resolution, and requested its
publication in the Northwestern Christian
Advocate:
Resolved, That. believing our methods in Iowa
have been wise and successful. and as the formation
of a separate political party founded on the one idea
of prohibition is in conflict with our successful meth
DDS, therefore we deprecate the formation Of such a
party, and hereby express our fear that it may result
in setting prohibition back many years"
Apropos to the foregoing is a letter from
Rev. DR.. Keller, Of Upper Iowa Conference,
in the same number Of the Advocate:
"Iowa Prohibitionists have no sympathy
whatever with the distinct third party move
ment. We tried it in Iowa and failed. We
had to abandon it. It can never establish
prohibition. Whatever influence the st. John
movement may have next November will be
against the temperance cause, in my opinion.
It was born out of due time. When the States
can be controlled by prohibition it will do to
try the Nation, but not until a majority of the
States adopt the policy, Iregret this great
blunder."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

by saving five cents the first year, ten the
next, doubling each year, and in twenty years
he win have exactly $50, 3s1. IS, to say nothing
Of what he may realize from outside invest
ments. It is an easy thing, they claim, to
save five cents the first year, and to double
the second, and even the third and fourth
year. This being conceded, why not keep up
the doubling process indefinitely If this
exhibition Of imbecility is maintained, som
ten-year-old Indiana school-boy will have to
go to Chicago to teach editors the first princi-
pies of common sense.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

The Democratic workingman unable to
support Cleveland should not stop at the But
Ter halfway house. Better cast a vote that
will count in sinking the friend of New York
city monopolists. Cleveiand's veto of the me-
chanics' lien bill and of the bill fixing twelve
hours as a days work ought to and will
soundly defeat him. Let every friend of labor
aid in burying him 50 deep that he will never
be heard of again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

THE beauty Of Mr.. Hendricks explanation
Of his Dubuque letter is that it does not ex-
plain. There is no occasion, he thinks, to go
beyond Mr.. Cleveland's election at the hands
Of his neighbors. AS the offense was com
mitted prior to that time, and as it has come
into public notice only since the Chicago con
v~ention, Mr.. Hendricks proposition seems
to be about the only thing the Democratic
party can consent to.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

A CORRESPONDENT ut Flat Rock, Shelby
congressional appropriation to the magnetic
telegraph, on which he heard a Democratic
orator say $50, 900 was squandered.D 'Con-
gress appropriated $780, 900, says Benton's De-
bates, ITO enable Professor Morse to make ex-
~periments in electromagnetic" The bill
passed the Senate in the last minutes Of the
session ending March 4, 1843. Governor
Wallace, a Wing, was the member from this
district at that time, and gave the casting
vote in the committee on commerce-possibly
the committee on appropriations-in favor of
the measure. His name was last ON the roll,
and the committee-Mr. Fillmore, afterwards
President, was chair1nan-was evenly divided
till his name was reached. This fact was used
against him with serious effect by his Demo-
cratic antagonist in the next election-William
j. Brown, father Of Austin 81. Brown. He
ridiculed the whole affair as a humbug, and
Morse as a swindler or mountebank, andcalled
the telegraph the te~Dlie-graph, with an
emphasis that set the groundlings In a roar.
He beat the Governor partly by his opposition
to this, the most wonderful development Of
human ingenuity in the application of mate
rial forces ever achieved, for in it lay the tele-
phone and the photograph and the multiplied
power that can now send q score Of messages
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01
State Ticket.

GovERNoR-wnLLAM H. CALKNs, of La Porte
county.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS H. BUNDY, Of
Henry county.
SECRETARY OF sTATE-RoBERT MITCHELL, Of
Gibson county.
AuDrroR OF srArE-BRUcE CARR, of Orange
county.
TREASURER OF srATE-RoGER n sHrEL. d
Marion county.
ArroRNEY-aENERA1-wHLIAM O.. WILSON, Of
TI,pecanoe county.
4gDGE OF THE SUPREME Court, FIFTH DISTRICT
EDWIN P. HAMMOND, of Jasper county.
REPORTER SUPREME CouRT-wLLIAM NJ.
HOGGATT, of Warrick county.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
BARNABAS c. HOBBS, of Parke county.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

GENERAL BUTLER tells the farmer that be-
cause the means Of production have been in
creased two hundred fold, therefore. he
fought to work two hundred times less than
formerly" Suppose that in the hardest years
before the advent Of present machinery, a
farmer worked fifteen hours a day; according
to General Buffers statement he ought now,
not only not to work at all, but have 1856
hours of leisure out Of every twenty-four.
This is the kind of contemplate demagogy
General Butler is preaching, and which finds
an echo even in some presumed respectable
quarters. It is beneath any sensible
mans disgust. Concede what we
may Of the wrongful distribution Of
the proceeds and profits of labor, and saturate
ourselves with the communism Of writers
like Henry George, there should be left com
mon sense and commo decency enough to
rebuke such arrant nonsense and wild and
anarchical notions as General Butler is trying
to SOW in minds already unsettled by discon-
tent. There is only danger in such talk as
Buffers, unless it is met by the stern, rugged
common sense and conscience of the country.
Reform does not lie in the direction Of
General Buffers propaganda.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

TWENTY FIVE years ago this month, the Pull
man sleeping-car first made its appearance on
American railroads. Passengers were then
charged so cents each for a nights accommoda
ton. At present they are allowed to ride in
these cars on payment of the sum Of two dollars
per night. If the person of a calculating turn of
mind can discover what rate of progression in
prices will be adopted for the coming twenty-five
years, he can easily determine whether at the
end of that time he will be called upon to pay "a
or So, or a much larger sum for the doubtful
luxury Of a night in a Pullman. If the amount
is not greater than his reserve fund, the unlucky
traveller of that future day may consider himself
in luck.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01
REPUBLIcAN -NoMINATIoNs.
National Ticket.

National Ticket
PREsIDENT-AMES G. BLAINE, of Maine.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. A. LOGAN, Of Illinois.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
State at large-Milo S. Hascall, of Elkhart; John NJ
Butler, Of Marion.
First D~istrietJames Q; Veatch, Of Spencer.
Second-William B. Roberts, of Sullivan.
Third-John G.. Berkshire. of Jennings.
Fourth-William D. Ward, of Switzerland.
Ffth-Marshall Hacker. of Bartholomew.
Sixth-Josiah E. Mellette, of Delaware.
Seventh-Thad. S. Rollins. of Marion.
Eighth-Eias S. Holiday, of Clay.
Ninth-James NJ. Reynolds, of Tippecanoe.
~Tenth-Truman F.. Palmer, of White.
Eleventh-James F. Elliott, of Howard.
Twelfth-Joseph D.. Terrell, of Lagrange.
Thirteenth. W. Royse, of Kosciusko.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01
GOVERNOR PORTERls SPEECH.

We commend the perusal of Governor Por-
ter's speech, delivered at Liberty on Saturday
evening, to every voter in Indiana. There
may be a wearisome volume of political matter
on national topics to be read, but while near
" all the big speeches that have been and are
to be made are devoted to the discussion of
questions of moment to the voters Of all sec
tons of the Union alike, this one is confined
almost wholly to the consideration Of ques-
tons affecting Indiana. Governor Porter, in
the discharge of his duties as chief executive
of the State, has brought to bear those
peculiarly careful and business-like qualities
of good management for which he is noted,
and which have combined to make his adj
ministration a credit to himself and an honor
to the State. The same characteristics which
have made him an excellent executive go to
make his utterances worthy of attention.
Certain it is that Governor Porter would put
forth no idea not well sustained by truth and
not in accord with his ideas of right. His
speech, therefore, is one that will carry con
viction with it. It is the ut~terance of a man
who knows of what he speaks, and who is sin
cere in the PRONUNCIATION of every idea it con
tains. It is, for this reason, a speech that
should be read by every voterin the State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

State government. IT may be of interest, as
the canvass progresses to adduce the opinions
expressed Of Mr.. Speaker Bynum during the
last night of the legislative session by such
eminent Democrats as John H. Stotsenberg,
Charles L. Jewett chairman Of the ways and
means committee, and by Senators Bell,
Magee, and others. 1t viii make mighty in
teresting reading.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

AN anxious Democrat asks the New York
Sun for Mr.. Cleveland's views on the Mormon
question. They are exactly the same as Mr..
Cleveland's views on the tariff. His express
sions on these topics may be tersely stated in
a line. Something like this: -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

Ihaye carefully observed the attitude and
movements Ofthe Democratic party for twenty
years. In my judgmentit has learned nothing
and forgotten nothing. So far as lean perceive,
1T is not only swayed by the same principles,
but, to q large extent, guided by the same
men.-PREsIDENF CAPEN, of Tufts College, Mass.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

A FEW weeks ago Miss Seely, of Centralia,
Ill, suddenly lost her eyesight while in the act
of getting in a railroad car. She went to st.
Louis and was treated by an %oculist. but re-
turned home totally and hopelessly blind. While
listening to the music of a passing band one day
last week her sight was restored as suddenly as
it had left her and she can now see as well as
ever. The mysterious connection between rail
road racket, the noise of brass bands and human
eyesight is what is puzzling the doctors who
have attended her. If she had been stricken
with deafness they could understand it better.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

Nor long since Mr.. Hendricks became
acquainted with Grover Cleveland. In the
light Of his Dubuque letter, it is safe to say
that the acquaintance viii scarcely e~xfoliate
into the white flower of a beautiful and close
personal friendship
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

Puck, the paper that originally represented
Blaine as tattoOed, is caricaturing the Irish in
a manner calculated to drive still more Of
them out Of the Democratic party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01
WE are asked to republish Gov, Hendricks
famous letter to a friend in Dubuque. Here it is;

tamousl letter to a friend In Dubuque. Here iti
"INDIAEAPoLIs, Aug. 81, 1884.
II have your letter Of the 18th inst. Icannot
consider with favor Your suggestions Of a change
in the national ticket. The action of the con-
vention cannot now be reconsidered, must stand,
and | think it ought to stand. lido not agree
with you in respect to the probable result. |
think the probabilities are favorable to the sue
cess Of our ticket. The Cleveland scandal will
not have weight with the people, and ought not
to have weight; it is unworthy the national con,
test. Three times Governor Cleveland has stood
the test Of popular canvasses-once for the Office
of mayor of his own clty-and each time he re-
ceived the Endorsement Of his ~neighbors by q
vote largely above his party strength. What
ever there may have been Of the scandal existing
before that. it is not just either to him or the
people now to revive it. Public welfare requires
that he be judged by his public record; by his
capability and fitness for the discharge of re-
sponsible and important public duties, and not
by old and exploded private Islander. Very re-
spectfully yours, T. A HENDRICKS"
The letter is genuine. Mr.. Hendricks acknowl-
edges its authorship.
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governor Hanna He talks with the knowl
edge Of one who was in the thickest Of the
contest in which the Democratic party de
feated the appropriations, in order ITO bring
Governor Porter to a sense Of his duty as
the indianapolis Sentinel expressed it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01

II killed Print Matthews. 1 told him not
to vote, and he voted and L killed him. 1t was
not me that killed hint was the party If 1
had not been a Democrat / would not have
killed him. 1t was notme, but the Democratic
party; and now If the party is a mind to throw
me off, DIN such a party.-E. B.. WHEELER Of
Hazlehurst. Miss. afterwards elected Marshal by the
Democratic party.