The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-12
POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

SENATOR HoAR says that the independent
kickers are mostly young men who consider a
slip in grammar graver offense than a breach
Of the Constitution
THE correspondent of the Boston Herald in
Maine writes that he knows of number of
Irish American voters in that State who will
support Blaine in November, but who will vote
the Democratic State ticket in September
THE Republicans in Virginia have not waited
until the Democratic ticket is put in the field to
made will be the most thorough the State has
seen since the war. many Blaine and Logan
clubs having been formed already.
THE Hon T. " Powderly, grand master
workman of the Knights of Labor, and Demo-
cratic mayor of Scranton, Penn, for three terms,
says of the report that the knights have deter
mined to oppose Blaine and Logan: II have
never seen a more bare faced lie in print
SENATOR JONES' of Nevada, writes to a friend
in that State that he is perfectly satisfied with
the nomination of Blaine, and that it is one of
the few presidential nominations which had
been spontaneous and absolutely responsive to
the popular sentiment He believes that the
campaign will be aggressive and enthusiastic
THIS is the case against Governor Cleveland
according to dispatch from Mr. iWatterson
to the Courier Journals: First the country
knows nothing Of his opinions upon national
questions; second, he is new man. without ex-
perience in national affairs or personal knowl-
edge of the public men Of the time; third, he is
antagoniZed, not only by Tammany, but by the
trades-unions and by the Catholic hierarchy.
In the Chicago COW ention, on Friday night,
pending the call of the roll on accepting Buffers
platform, an exciting scene occurred between
Senator Voorhees,, of Indiana, and Gen. John M.
Palmer, of Illinois. Voorhees, voted with seven
others, in favor of Buffers platform. Palmer
made some remark questioning the vote of In
diana, when Voorhees, turned and said. II vote
my convictions, and as please and accord you
the SAME privilege, and don't permit nybody to
question my VOTE
CLEVELAND is the weakest man the Demo
Gratis could put up said A. Loudon Snowden,
superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint He is
naturally weak, because he has not had any ex-
perience in national legislation or policy, and is
merely man Of average ability, who made a
very good mayor; and he is politically weak be-
cause he cannot command popular strength out
side Of his own State and because the most
formidable element in his own party, the labor
class especially, will not support him.
Mr. H. A. CoFFEEN Of Danville Ill, Grand
Worthy Foreman of the Knights of Labor in
America, said on Wednesday night II desire to
state that the parties calling themselves officers
in prominent labor organizations who have
rushed into print with the information that
Cleveland would get the support of the labor
associations of the country were not what they
represented themselves to be; that they had not
the interests of the aboring classes at heart but
were the hirelings Of Cleveland. The working
man want General Buf1en IF the convan fio,,
nominates Cleveland it win sound the death knell