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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09
WHY THE PROsTRATI0N9

The hum of prosperity is heard no more in
the land. 1t is idle longer to refuse to face
the facts; we are in Distress real, far reaching,
long abiding. -Louisville Courer-J Journal.
1t was on the 9Th day of May last-but 156
days ago-that l52 Democratic members of
Congress voted in favor Of the first step to-
ward taking work from American men and
mills and giving it to those of England. Is
it strange that manufacturers are frightened
and afraid to proceed with enterprises involv-
ing their entire fortunesl Is it strange that
they hesitate to go on while thus threatened
Under the tariff as it is $625, ZOO, 900 worth of
manufactured articles were imported last
year. The Morrison bill aimed to double
this amount of imports every dollar of
which is q dollar taken from American
manufactures and sent abroad. The hour
that American manufacture does not pay it
will cease. Will you please be kind enough
to say what will become Of the mechanics
when the mills close because they do not payS
The cause of this distress, which the Courier
journal declares is ''real, far-reaching, long
abiding" Is the Democratic party's evident
intention to compel American manufacturers
and their men to compete with the pauper
labor Of Europe in the American market
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interest of corporations and monopoHes and
in direct opposition to the wishes of the work
ingmen This without one exception. His
veto of the fve-cent fare bill alone put 81 ,000-
900 annually into the Golfers of the Elevated
Railway Company, at the expense of the
people of New York city. Nor has Sen
ator Grady's declaration been denied that Mr..
Clevelands law partner was paid the sum Of
$3.50 900 Immediately after the veto, ostensi-
bly, as attorneys fees, by the railway com
psny.
Turning from his public to his private life,
the first thing that meets the investigator is
the fact that Grover Cleveland has been, and
still is, man of lustful passions; that in their
qualification he seduced virtuous woman,
under the most solemn promises of honorable
marriage; that child was born to them, and
that, instead Of keeping his word like an hon
orable man, he caused the woman to be
thrown into an insane asylum and the child
incarcerated in an orphanage These things
are essentially admitted by the friends of
Mr.. Cleveland, who plead in justi-
fcation that they were youthful
indiscretions," though committed but eight
years ago, at the age of forty-two. The un-
happy woman still lives, disgraced only be-
cause the Democratic candidate was false to
the vows by which he accomplished her ruin.
The innocent boy is still living, whose life Is
and ever must be Swallowed with shame be-
cause his father will not redeem his mother by
honorable marriage It is not claimed by any
of his friends that he has reformed; he him
self does not make such claim. ''He has suf-
fered enough" though they do not stultify
themselves by attempting to show how this
man has suffered.
Here, then, is the record Of this man, writ
ten and confessed. Is there anything in it,
from beginning to end, that justifes the
chief magistrate? Is there anything in his
life that would serve as an apology for such a
disgraces Is there anything in this man,
save his accidental election as Governor, that
would commend him even to Democrats
These things should be carefully considered
by every honest honorable voter In less
than four weeks from now the people of this
Nation will have chosen as President a large
man, an honored husband and father, states
man not afraid to freely speak to and before
all the people, and mentally equipped to meet
the greatest of earth on an equal footing, or
that other man, whose record we have briefly
reviewed, and the truth of which will not be
questioned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

A LETTER from Hon. Edward Mcpherson,
relative to the fand-grant votes of Hon.
Thomas A. Hendricks while he was senator
in Congress- will be read with interest. Mr..
Hendricks is making great complaint in his
speeches of the waste Of public lands, and yet
he voted to the Northern Pacific railroad 49,,
900, 900 acres, and $4,000, 900 acres to the
Union Pacific. These two votes were given
in one day-sixty-two millions of acres of
land is pretty fair days work We have al
ready given the facts shown by his record as
Commissioner of the General Land Office;
how he withheld from pre-emption vast tracts
of land in favor of railway corporations, days
before the acts making grants were passed by
Congress Mr. Hendricks has always proven
himself the subservient friend of the railway
corporations in the matter Of lands He is the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09
THE East Ohio Conference, at its session in

THE East Ohio Conference at its session in
Youngstown, passed, among other resolutions,
the following:
"Third-That we will pledge ourselves to
have no connection with any camp meeting
that, in our Judgment. leads directly or indi-
rectly to the dissertation of the Sabbath, by
keeping open gates and encouraging excur-
sion parties and trains.
Put this in comparison with the namby-
pamby expression made by the Southeast
Conference, which did not dare to antagonize
the Acton association.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

BETTING is very poor way to decide any
thing; but in some sense the wagers of gam
shrewd and impartial men view the political
drift Our special from Washington gives
some details of betting there, which show that
Blaine has the ''call" That is the status Of
affairs in this city, so far as can be ascertained
but there is less wagering than has ever been
known
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tional committee is given, This is another
indication that the Democratic party dares not
express any sympathy with the ex-Union
soldier, as such, because it is the understand
ing that call soldiers" are to be put on the pen
sion rolls when the Democracy feel strong
enough to do So Mr.. Haskell suggests ma
tional convention to be held in this city, on
the oath of October, to consider the whole
subject Of pensions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09
GRAY AT FORT WAYNE,

We have read very carefully Gray's opening
speech in the joint debate at Fort Wayne, as
printed in the Sentinel yesterday. 1t was la
boriously prepared and written out in advance.
1t is pitched on "a very low key 1t is the ap-
peal of demagogue. There isn't an argu-
ment in it from first to last. It is stuffed
with low personal abuse. He does not discuss
a single issue. If the Democracy are satisfied
with their standard-bearer they are most easily
pleased It is an harangue To call it a
speech would be to dignity it far beyond its
merits. HIS does not argue at all He simply
makes mouths and calls hard names.
AS the prepared effort of a man
who wants to be Governor of our great State,
it is really contemplate 1t is wholly beneath
criticism. We say these things more in sor-
row than in anger, and for the credit of our
State abroad, we wish the truth were other
wise. 1t is indeed, great pity that the Dem
ocratic party did not nominate for that Office
some ADLER man. Surely it was not reduced
to such choice. Regarding the personnel
merely, after Morton, Hendricks and Porter,
Gray would be calamity. His Fort Wayne
harangue is good and sufficient reason for any
intelligent Democrat, having proper State
pride, to vote against him. Certainly, judi
cious Democrats can but grieve.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09
POLITICAL NTTE AND COMMENT.

OMAHA Republican: Georgia Is soiia. Eng
and stands firm, and Utah is safe. This is the
Democrat outlook.
AT the recent session of the yearly meeting of
the orthodox Friends, at Richmond, political
pointer was furnished by the action when tho
few third ticket Prohibitonists present broached
the subject in connection with the work of the
temperance committee They were quickly
stopped. and an Inventory Of the sentiment Of
the members shows that hardly any OF them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09
OHIO NEXT WEEK.

The conditions lin Ohio] are so mixed and
uncertain that no safe calculation can be made
regarding the results of neXt weeks election,
and it would certainly not be wise to count
upon an overturning in favor of the Demo
crats-New York Times.
The conditions are mixed indeed. The
Democratic party has left no stone unturned
to carry that State and if they do not, the eff
feet will be simply fatal. First, the Demo
cratic managers sought to make sure of Ohio
by lying about Mr.. Blaine, and as fast as one
was knocked to pieces another was concocted;
and now another batch is expected to-day or
tomorrow, the hope being that it will be too
late to counterfeit their effect by showing
their falsity before Tuesday next.
Alarmed at the outlook, and los
ing confidence in their ability to
lie the campaign to the climax of Demo
cratic victory, they concluded to buy the State,
and corruption funds were started in every
Democratic State in the Union-in kentucky,
in Texas, in Alabama, Georgia and at Balti-
more. Literal hundreds of thousands of dol
lars have been raised to debauch the ballot-box
in Ohio on Tuesday next, and the work of
raising more money for Ohio still goes on, as
may be witnessed in the appeals of Democratic
organs for dollar subscriptions Democracy
will be fatally disappointed if Ohio does not
90 Democratic next week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

DURING 1888 no less than 100000 yards
of wooden goods were imported. Is it strange
that the wooden market is depressed, and
would it help the matter to increase importa-
tons, as proposed by the Morrison hill, and
voted for by 152 Democratic congressman
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

against that pernicious bill, and have been
renominated. The line is clearly drawn. On
the one side Democrats to a man favor free
trade and reduction of wages. On the other,
Republicans, while pledged to a reduction of
the revenue, are in favor of maintaining the
principle of protection to American men and
mill,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

The Hon. Wade Hampton South Caro-
lima political economist, declared year ago
that "by system of low wages we could sue
cessfully compete with foreign countries in
manufactures" Undoubtedly; but this is ex-
actly what American workingmen object to-
and with good reason. The Democratic free
trade idea does not appeal to them as being to
their interest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

SENATOR HENRY B. PAYNE, of Ohio, made
speech at Norwalk on Tuesday. The Cleve-
land Leader reports that she said the South
had voted to pension the Union soldiers, and
he thought it would be no more than fair for
the North to pension the rebel soldiers" The
ball is rolling. How do ex-Union soldiers
like III
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

WHAT man is there in the country who has
ever said Mr.. Blaine wronged him out of :
dollarY Mr.. Blaine has had wide business re-
lations, and with many people of different
classes and different politics. Where is there
one who will say he has wronged himg OF how
many of the independents, who are firing
their petty pellets at him, can as much be
ca;d7
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

OSCAR WILDE has set himself up again as q
dress reformer this time however, remaining in
his own bailiwick, and leaving America alone.
He denounces the dress improver, whatever that
may be- high-heeled boots and the tall hat He
also insists that underclothes should be sufa-
GENTLY tight but not so much so as to impede the
free motions of the limbs Oscars friends, on hear
ing these views, must naturally wonder to what
manner of underclothing their aesthetic apostle
has hitherto been addicted and if, perchance,
he has been a wearer of corsets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

pany owning mines in West Virginia in which
Mr.. Blaine is interested, says that their com
pany mas never employed pauper labor, and
is, besides, almost the only one in the State
that has not experienced strike. He says
their men are all satisfied, and making more
than the average miner of the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First-Peace with the whole world.
BeeOnd-COmmerc extension in every prac-
ticabe direction.
Third Encouragement of every form of
American industry.
FOurth-Protectio to every citizen, native
or naturalized at home or abroad
JAMES G. BLAINE, at Rochester N. Y, Sept
25 1884
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

THE second meeting between the candidates
for Governor, Major Calkins and Colonel
Gray, will be at Greensburg this afternoon.
In the evening Hon. Thomas FL. Nelson will
address the people In the evening of Mon
day next on which day the last joint debate
will be had at Lafayette, Hon. Charles L.
Holstein will speak
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

INDIANAs Democratic delegation in Con-
gress voted for the Morrison bill to man,
and with one exception were all renominated,
while free trader was nominated in this dis
trict The Republican members voted eolidly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

IL 1882 the Democrats of Ohio elected New
man Secretary of State by 49,, lis plurality
In 1888 Hoadly was elected Governor by -,
500, on q very large vote. These are the odds
the Republicans have to overcome next Tues
day, if they carry the State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal:
Will you tell how many times Thos. A. Hen
bricks while senator representative voted
for and received back pay and the record where
the votes are givenl READER.
WINCHESTER, Ind.
The act OF 1866, passed while Mr.. Hendricks
was senator He received S. S05 IS back pay.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

LUTHER BENSON, the Temperance" advo-
cate, has gone to Ohio to make speeches for
the Liquor League combination.
In Indiana, Luther Benson aids the Democracy
by advocating the third party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

In answer to the charge that he was
Know-nothing in 1854 and 1855, Colonel
Isaac P. Gray claims that he was Republic
an in 1856. Colonel Gray fails to deny that
he was a Know-nothing in 1854 and 1855.
This was at New Madison, O.-time and place
being given. Now, Colonel, you are on the
stand; please answer this leading question,
yes or no
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

THE residents of Washington have formed a.
charity organization, in order to be prepared for
the demands of tramps and riffraff, who. they
anticipate, will overrun the city next winter.
The good people of the capital, bless their
hearts, are unnecessarily alarmed The Demo-
cratic party is very hungry as Mr.. Curtis truly
remarked, on recent occasion, but it will not
move on Washington this year or next.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

WoRKINdMEN who think of voting for
Cleveland should stop and try to give one
good reason why. He has proved himself the
champion of monopolies by vetoing the FIVE
cent fare bill, the mechanics lien bill and the
twelve-hour bill. He is the enemy of Amer
lean men and mills.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

In Leavenworth, Kansas, they have $50 sa-
looms, and the prohibitory law is openly an
nulled The city government receives a
lemonade license of ten dollars a month
from each of these saloon keepers.
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To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journals:
Please state. if any, the import duty on Gin
chona bark into Germany; also into the United
States. SUBSCRIBER.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct T.
We have no information as to German tariff
law. All Cinchona barks are now admitted to
the United States free of duty.
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To tho Editor of the indianapolis Jon ruai:

To tho Editor OF the indianapolis Jon rnal:
How much of the school fund. if any, has the
State borrowed, and how much does the State
owe to the school fund at the present time}
ASHORE, Oct 7. T. G. GREEN
The State has borrowed So, COG, 1888 q from the
school fund. The exact amount now owing is
not known but the Auditor of State says that it
is small
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

last man in the country to complain of the pol
icy of land grants to railroads. He was as much
of tool of the railways while Commissioner
as Carl Schurz was when he was Secretary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

REV. DIR. TALMAGE preached on the subject
of white horses last Sunday If he had only
been thoughtful enough to have given sermon
on dark horses before the Democratic conven-
ton, Mr.. Mcdonald might have been better pre-
pared for his sad fate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
Can you give me the popular vote Of each
President elected, Lincoln to Garfield
BRIGHTON, Lagrange county JOHN LoNG.
Mr.. Lincoln received in 1860, ], $685. 1852 votes;
in 1864, 2216,08 Grant, in 1868, received 3015,-
OIL; in 1872 1851, O7O; Hayes, in 1876 received
4, 033, $50; Garfield, in 1880, received A. 449 053.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

ONLY last May 152 Democratic congressman
voted for reduction of 20 per cent. in wages.
1t can't be denied The record shows it and
gives their names
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

To the Editor of tho indianapolis JournaI:
If England or any foreign country would ship
wheat or corn TO the United States, would there
be any tariff on it, If so, how much per bushelf
KoKoMo, Ind, Oct 8. A READER
On wheat twenty cents bushel; on corn ten
cents a bushel
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Coffee OF THE BANNER. }
Stoll, Mcdonald & Co.,
LIGoNIER, Ind, Aug, 80, 1884. )
I'D, Esq, South Bend, Ind;

u. FL. Arnold, Esq, South Bend Ind
Dear Sir-You can come here On trial and
work for us; provided you can make good
Democrat out of yourself We care not what
a mans politics are, but we are placed in such
a situation that we must insist that our en-
ployes shall stand to our backs and work for our
interests. There is nothing to compel you to
do this. as we propose to have square under
standing in advance, and if you can do this
we will be pleased to enter into contract.
Respectfully, SToLL, MCDONALD & Co.
''If you can't do this, let us know by to-nor-
row mornings mail"
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To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
AMONG the Independent Republicans how many are
laboring menl-Journal of the 9TH inst.
And would like to know how many old veter-
ans you will find among the dudes. SOLDIER.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

AND now Thomas r. Cobb, Democratic
candidate for Congress in the Second district,
is shown to have been member and an officer
of Know-nothing lodge. Gone to join
Colonel GRAY
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

Hon HENRY G. DAVIS, Democrat former
ly United States senator, president of the w.
", G. s. P. Railroad Company, the only com
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

WHAT has Grover Cleveland ever said or
done that entities him to be thought of in
connection with the presidency of the United
States2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

COLONEL GRAY will not deny the charge
that he was Know nothing at New Madison,
O., in the years 1854 and 1855.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

THE third party advocates got the grand
bounce at the Richmond Yearly Meeting, just
as they did at Plainfeld.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

THE country is warned against another
Morey letter trick, to be sprung possibly to
morrow, for the purpose of affecting Ohio.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

CLEVELAND has the straight view of the
tariff question It is something like this:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

SAMUEL ROBERTS, the defaulting paymaster
of the Wilkesbarre mines, confessed his guilt to
the presbytery and has been deposed from the
Office of ruling elder and suspended from the
communion of the church until he shall give
satisfactory evidence of his repentance" Mr..
Cleveland who has been guilty of a far more
heinous otfense against society than embezzle-
ment, would be speedily dismissed from the
church, also, had he ever been fortunate enough
to secure admission. He is the same man. how
ever whom Mr.. Beecher and James Freeman
Clarke wish to elevate to the presidency al
though he has shown no signs of repentance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

IT Is somewhat amusing. if not instructive to
the Calkins- Gray debate The miserable ''hunk'
of the one debater and the triumph of the other
are described in very similar terms by each with
merely transposition of the names of the men.
News.
Without speaking for the organs we do
know that the report of the joint debate pub
lished in the Journal was on its face fair and
impartial; which leads us to say that our news
columns, throughout the progress of the cam
paign, have been carefully guarded against the
usual organic hogwash, and we think with no
little success.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal:
What are Cleveland's views on the tariff
GREENCAsTLE, Ind. READER
What are his views on anythingl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

GROVER CLEvELAND's position on the tariff
Don't bother me on the tariff, or any other
matter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

THE Hon. JOHN B. SToLL, the great Dem
ocratic Liquor-League leader, has lost his
temper because the man to whom it was writ
ten saw fit to publish the following letter,
which is not only an insult to him, but an in
suit to every free-born, free-spirited Amer
lean workingman in the country:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09
TIE correspondence published ibis morn.

ing respecting the question Of pc nsions to ex-
l4Otiia ~
vitation Ntter Of Mr.. Haskell shows that the
Journal gyn ISiic national committee positively
1;Aioh she Pc express any opinion upon the sub
.,, bad, mile the reply OF the Republican Ma
q mar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

The inference to be drawn from the closing
sentence is that unless the righteousness of
the lost cause be conceded, the national Union,
like the image seen by Nebuchadnezzar, will
be broken in pieces.
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