The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-14
POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

PHILADELPHIA Press: John Kelly's silence
is not of the golden order There is sort of
castiron flavor about it which renders it very
imposing.
ST.. Louis Globe-D Democrats The independent
Republican committees defense of Cleveland is
SO thin that it would do for political trans
parency
THE Albany journal puts General Buffers
vote at 100, OOOin New York so, 600 coming from
Tammany-of which organization the Sun esti-
mates that 80 per cent will vote for Butler,
whether or not the managers indorse Cleveland.
WHILE the Democratic convention at Chicago
was in progress Mr.. Watterson said to Mr..
Townsend, as reported by the latter in the Bos-
ton Globe 'If we throw away this campaign
on Cleveland, where will we start next time9
We can outlive defeat, but not a give-away like
this"
SOUTHERN orators are beginning already to
fire the Southern heart with the declaration that
the Democrats of to-day are contending for the
same principles for which they fought from
Sumter TO Appomattox There will be another
''lost causer--or. if they prefer, the same old
cause will be lost again-in November.
BosToN Home journal, (lnd): Which is
using his influence to lower the standard
of morality in society, he who proves the
immortality of candidate for high Office that
the country may not be disgraeed by the cleo
that the purity or iInpurity of mans private
character is totally irrelevant to the question of
his fitness or unftness for the highest office in
the gift of great peoplsa
THE Good Templars of Wisconsin have learned
something in politics They went into the
prohibition movement as an order in 1881, hav-
ing their Grand Worthy Chief Templar as a
candidate for Governor. That year they lost
twenty-five LODGES and 1913 members; in 1882
they lost sixty nine lodges and 1853 members:
last year thrty-two more lodges with 2 2S2 mem
bers dropped out In the same time they have
spent half their $35, 900 receipts in salaries to
four persons two of them being the chief pOlti-
cal aspirants of the disastrous three years
Mr. JOHN BRIGHT has recently stated in
public speech that 1.-THE English working GLASSES
were never SO prosperous under the protective
system as now If Mr. Bright will read Mr.
Porters letters he will learn how the condition
of English workers impressed an acute American
observer fresh from the study of the rewards of
labor in his own country. And if Mr.. Bright
would only visit America (where he would re-
ceive such q welcome as few men have ever de-
served) he could not fail to be enlightened by
the condition and the talk Of laborers who once
worked for English wages.
NEW YORK Tribune: In 1880 there we're
g. 800 600 ballots cast by voting population Of
IL, 81, 000 If the people vote at the same ratio
in November, the total number Of ballots is
likely to be 10, 473, 900. A comparison with the
presidential vote of 1876 produces substantially
the same results, If the population of the States
in that year is assumed at 44.870, 900. For if
that number cast s. 413, 900 ballots a population
Of Sc 900 600 is likely to cast about 10000, 900
votes; and as the State of New York in 1880 cast
l. Jos, 600 ballots in total for the country of
1920 000 it is not improbable that it will cast
I.250 900 ballots in the probable total of l0,500-
600 which may be expected in November.
a GENTLEMAN now in England writes to a
| friend in Boston; 81 was in Austria when re-
ceived the news of Blaines nomination. Since
then have journeyed through Germany and
Belgium, and have visited the chief cities and
good many Of the manufacturing districts Of
England have found that every imperialist,
every foreign manufacturer, every man inter
ested in foreign commerce every free trader in
sentiment. every man who was engaged in
blockade running during the war, every man
opposed to Republican form of government,
every man in favor Of restricting the importa-
ton of American products, is denouncing Blaine
and roaring for Cleveland What does it mean9 )
Mr.. NJ. SwEETMAE, well-known freshman Of
Nashville, Ind, has decided to cast his vote for
Blaine and Logan, ard, among other reasons for
deserving the Democracy, gives the following:
sit is because regard the expressions in the
Republican platform concerning our foreign re-
lations, on the tariff question and for the up
holding of the dignity of American citizenship,
whether native or adopted, at home as well as
in foreign lands, as being manly and generous,
and of great significance, coming as it does
from the dominant party in these United States
AS an Irishman, am happy to have an oppor-
tunity to express my appreciation of the dec
laration made in that platform and | believe
that its effect will be to gain for the Republican
| party the confidence of all true Irish1nen who
are in sympathy with the cause of their native
land"