The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-11
POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.


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THE Mormons have unanimously declared
their allegiance to Cleveland.
Governor CLEVELAND, the Democratic can
didate for President, is expected in Chicago the
latter part of September. .
In 229 towns in Vermont the independents and
scatterers combined polled 1856 votes-about
three-fourths of voter TO a town
A CAREFUL canvass of Worcester City, Mass,
discovered only seventy five boiling Republicans,
but they will organize and issue an address.
NEW ORLEANS Picayune: Butler does not
know who the Vice presidents are running on
the tickets with him, but he thinks they are all
good men.
Mrs. ]. ELLEN FOSTER the temperance lee
turer, of Iowa, has publisheda letter, in which
she regrets the nomination of National Prohl
bition ticket.
GEN. NEAL Dow, is not unlikely to be in
vited to show up the Maine victory to the Pro
hibition wing Of the Republican party in Ohio
and Indiana.
THE Topeka, tKan) Journal, the State organ
Of the Democracy, voluntarily and candidly adj
mits that within the last few weeks the Republic
an State ticket has gained fifteen thousand
votes.
ST. LOUIS Globe Democrat: The news from
Tanner once more They'll have to adapt them
selves to four years more of his peculiar style Of
living
JEFF DAVIS, ex-president Of the ex-confeder-
acy, will vote for Cleveland and Hendricks. He
thinks confederate soldiers should not be dis
eliminated against, as is done by granting PEN
sions exclusively to Union soldiers
OVER 2, 900 Blaine and Logan clubs have been
formed in New York State. This is equivalent
TO the entrance of 100000 earnest workers for
Blaine and Logan in the canvass, or nearly 10
per cent Of the whole vote of the State.
The Israelitepaper at Chicago the Occideht,
advises the people of its faith to support Blaine,
in preference to Cleveland because mo bach
elor should be magistrate, for he would not
know how to temper justice with mercy
THE Hon. William D. Kelley says he was in
Zurich when he read Mr. Blaines letter of &C.
ceptance he observed carefully the comments it
excited among the people he met there and else
where abroad, and every free trader disapproved
: of it.
G. R. BERRY, of Golconda, H., has sent to
Grover Cleveland hickory cane, on the head of
which is carved the New York State arms and
picture of the National Capitol 1t is we'll to
have the picture, for Grover will never have any
thing more real
ANoTHER Democratic paper is sick Of Cleve-
land and formally announces its withdrawal Of
the support given him several weeks ago. The
Boston Star on Saturday declared for Butler,
and says the workingmen will work for him in
dependent of all dictation.
THE Buffalo Commercial Advertiser declares
that ''overy body at all familiar with Clevelanis
affairs knows that he is a rich man; he takes
good care, however, to keep his riches out of the
sight Of the tax collector How's thisl What
wealthy corporations has he favored during
these last eighteen months3
Mrs. BELvA A. LOCKWOOD, who appears to
be having mo end Of fun" as a presidential can
didate, is an enthusiastic tricycle. rider Indeed,
she first introduced that vehicle into Washing
ton. A correspondent writes that Mrs. Lock
wood much resembles in looks the late Mrs.
Lydia Pinkham, but this is probably cam
paign SANDER.
A LITTLE over year ago the New York Times
said of Governor Cleveland: tIn other words,
Governor Cleveland is willing to swindle the
architects of the capitol out of the money which
the State owes them for work done for the State
in order to gain reputation as a reformer.
This is about the cheapest and scurviest trick
even of this very low priced statesman"
FATHER HYAoINTHE says that the conditions
in which the American and French republics
were founded and developed are absolutely UNI.
like each other. For the United States these
were exceptionally favorable Without neigh
bors, as without history, this vast country
seems reserved for new experiment of human
things To found a republic, the Frenchmbn
were forced to break, not only from the past of
France but from the present of Europe.
NEWARK Advertiser: In his humiliating speech
on the agricultural fair grounds in Connersvilie,
Ind, last Wednesday, Mr. Thomas A. Hen
bricks, Democratic candidate for Vice-president
of the United States, said: II tell You now,
want your votes the worst in the world An
aged colored man, crossing the roaring Wabash
during heavy freshet. in a leaky boat lost
one paddle, broke another, struck snag, and,
dropping on his knees in the bottom of his crazy
craft, with anguish cried: "Oh, de- Lordl if
ever you's gwine to help poor niger, nows do
timen
NEW York Sun: Murderers must be executed.
Sheritfs are by law intrusted with the supervis-
ion Of the execution and it may be that the do
ing to death of the criminal by the sheriff's own
hand constitutes meritin him and entities him
to greater degree Of respect and confidence on
the part of reformers and patriots, This NAV be
the popular judgment the question at the
ballot box; but at the same time we are bound
to declare that even If such should be the vote
no American citizen will feel any pride in the
fact that hangman has been promoted to the
presidency.
NEW YORK Tribune: Mr.. watterson thrill
ingly cries ''To arms r and bids the Democratic
leaders go to work as if they had not been
strainng every nerve for six weeks and sending
thousands of dollars to Maine, to cut down the
Republican majority there. Nor does the gifted
editor of the Courier journal seem to have heard
how earnestly William Fl. Barnum conferred
with various Ohio and West Virginia managers
q few days ago, nor Of his visit to Governor
Cleveland Immediately afterward nor of the
grand council Of war at Parkersburg which he
will attend tomorrow. Mr.. Watterson's advice
may be well meant, but it's a triie superhuous
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