The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-23
POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.


SOUTH BEND Tribune: This will suit Indiana.
Harrison & Hawey would make a strong ticket
THURMAN is the Texas candidate for the Pres
idency. The Galveston News says, with some
show of confidence that ''his boom is quiet, but
it will show itself when it can do the most good"
THE Cleveland Plain Dealer says that Tilden
alone can hold the Democracy together; but it
doesn't say how he is going to do it. Just now
| it looks as though nothing short of hydraulic
press could hold it together.
| CINCINNATI Enquirer: 1t Is suggested that the
Harrison boom is in the interest of Blaine. Our
own opinion is that the Harrison boom is large
ly in the interest of itself, and in view of this
fact the Blaine boom will do well to keep sharp
| lookout.
WIN. WALTER PHELPS, of New Jersey, favors
| Senator Sherman as second choice. Mr.. Phelps's
| first choice is Blaine, and he is quoted as saying
that Sherman is the only man in the country,
other than Blaine, who can carry New York
| next November.
| COLUMBUS Republican, Several other papers
in this district indorse the suggestion of the Re
publican to make Gen. Morton G. Hunter the
nominee for Congress, but the Bloomington
| Telephone published at his home, says that he
is not physically able to make the race.
The St Louis Republican is not in favor of
sending Governor Crittenden to the Democratic
convention and apropos of the Governors can
didacy, intimates that there is movement on
foot to elects delegation, nominally for Mr. Til
den. which will sell him out at Chicago.
THE report is probably true that Gen Sher
man has written letter to one of the delegates
to the Republican convention, to be read in case
any votes are cast for him. declaring that he
neither seeks, nor would he accept nomination
for President if it should be rendered him.
| MADISON Courier: Isaac Herr would make
excellent successor to the late Gen. Terrell as
secretary of the Republican State central COM
mittee Mr.. Herr has been assistant secre-
| tary since the beginning of the year, and is
familiar with the correspondence and work in
| hand.
CINCINNATI Commercial Gazette: The New
York Times is of the opinion that neither Blaine
nor Arthur could carry that State, but it has not
said who could. The Times is always hard to
please. How would Senator Sherman. or Judge
| Gresham, Senator Harrison do! or Edmunds,
| or HawleyY
| MANY people have wondered over the state
ment that Editors Miller and Reed, of the New
! York Times, dined with President Arthur dur
ing his recent visit to the metropolis. The
| Presidents guests were lawyer Charles E. Mill
| er, a close personal friend, and James Z. Reed,
the new shipping commissioner.
| BARNABAs G. HoBBs of Bloolningdale Park
county, is being favorably mentioned as a candi-
| date for Superintendent of Public Instruction
the Republican State ticket. Professor Hobbss
experience and ability and high character
would not only make him a very strong can
didate, but, as WELL a model officer.
LOUISVILLE Commercials The Arthur meet
! ing in New York was a very substantial
sort of boom, and settles pretty conclusively his
ability to carry New York easily any Re
| publican can 1t is the general satisfaction which
| his administration has given to the business
element of the country that makes him strong
| candidate.
| WASHINGTON Special: Every day adds to the
| indications that Arthur is steadily gaining
strength 1t has just become known that three
of the Maryland delegates to Chicago who have
| been claimed for Blaine are openly for Arthur
| This makes the sixth State from which similar
corrections have been reported within week
| In two of these States the changes thus made
necessary in the original Blaine estimates are
| seven and nine respectively.
J. B. McCULLAGH: Mr.. Blaine, in accepting
the office of Secretary of State in letter written
to Mr. Garfield in November or December, 1880,
took it for granted, and said that Garfield should
have the Office not only for four years, but for
eight years Now, if Mr.. Arthur has done as
well as the resolutions of all the Republican
State conventions have declared him to have
done, why should he not get the same recogni-
ton that Mr. Blaine promised Garfield-that is
to say a second termf In fact the renomina-
ton of Mr.. Arthur would only be the crystali-
cation of the public Endorsement given him by
the different States To indorse Mr.. Arthur in
every State in the Union, and then to 'repudiate
him at Chicago, would be conduct that the Re-
publican party could not defend