The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-14
CLEvELAND's LUCK.
Suggestion that He Wants tho Ofico fol
the Salary There is in 1t.

Suggestion that He Wants tho Ofico for
the Salary There is in 1t.
Joe Howard in Philadelphia Press.
The fact of the business is that the great
American public doesn't feel any particular inter-
est In lucky man, when his luck all devoted
and diverted to his own interest differ radi-
caily, absolutely, imperatively from the news
paper writer's of the day, who think that Cleve-
land is unfortunate. think he is the luckiest
dog on the face of Gods footstool. He has q
thick head, stout body, a perfectly contented
nina. His thick head will spare him in quick
munitions as to treachery on the part of his ap-
parent friends. His big body will protect him
from nervous affection of any sort or kind and
MS luck will steer him straight through the diff
cuitleS and embarrassments which would annoy
and seriously discomfort more sensitive and
more gentiemanly man believe his next four
years Will be period of mental exhilaration OF
physical enjoyment of moral satisfaction. Hs
has always been a careful, thrifty man. method
ical in his habits. penurious in his OUTLAWS.
Mark my words, he will come out of the presi-
Dental Office richer man, by far, than when he
goes into it. He will be comparatively young
man that is mere middleaged man-with
plenty of time before him, with pocket full OF
money, with boon companions and toadies. but
suckers. He doesn't grow kind of oak that
tolerates parasites Why2 Because parasites
suck your juice, and he isn't the kind of man to
give up Juice for anybody. He wants it all for
Grover Cleveland That's his luck. But what's
the use OF going into this2 1t was wholly unin-
territorial on my part I voice not my own
thoughts alone, but the common sense the intel.
ligenee of all men of the world, who take Cleve-
land as they find him. a great, big. unsensitive,
selfish, selfcontented. self approving, self
seeking fellow, with no more idea
of what is required of him in the
| administration of national affairs than the baby
is of what mans duty will be when he grows to
mans estate There is no use of laughing about
it; there is no of crying over it He is
simply great, big. happy go-lucky. stoid had
almost said stupid fellow. His coming here under
ordinary circumstances should have set the town
ahame. Imagine Blaine in the Fifth avenue
Hotel. See him with his wife and family about
him. Mark him as he stands regnant, regal
among men OF brains, as well as heart and
pocket Yes, pocket Why not pocket What
| is the normal sequence of a felicitous combina
ton of brain and heart but pocket a we'll filled
| pocket2 Who objects to it, Cleveland Oh,
no. No happier man on Gods footstool than he
when German told him that Whitney had
| furnished the material needed for the further
and successful conduct Of the national campaign.
Imagine Blaine, the intellectual head center,
| the man of magnetism, with a head full of ideas
with a tongue gifted by the Almighty, with
fuency OF speech. charming delightful with
which to exploit and explain, and make clear his
thoughts. With great, big, loving heart, and
with physique ready to bear its share Of priva-
tons, of dangers. of successes. of delightsl All
the town would be alive had Blaine been elected
and Blaine were here. Which one,, please tell
me, of all the men known to the country. would
Blaine have been obliged to meet for the first
time, be he Democrat or Republican, Tom Hen.
bricks came from Indiana. 1000 miles away to
meet, for the first time, Grover Cleveland, and
said HE seems to me to be a very nice person.
Bayard, chvalric. elear-headed, intellect disclos.
ing Bayard, comes down from Washington,
wearying himself by a nights travel, TO
cross the threshold, for tho first time,
Of the President elected by a Demo
cratic majority Lamar, Trumbull, Field Villas
even, all the Democrats little and big, had to
come from their extreme outposts, North South,
East and West. to Albany to meet, for the first
time. the man placed at the head of the column,
whom they never heard of before. Which one
of all these would Blaine have to be introduced
TOT Hendricks Why, he has known him for
twenty five years. Trumbull7 Why he stood
by his side in debate many a time and oft. La
mar, his intimate. Pendleton, his friend. he
Donald, old-time chum; and so through the
entire Western and Southern list; not Que of
them who couldn't give you Blaine's pedlgreet
who couldn't recire to you Blaine's history, who
couldn't unfold to you the pages of American
triumphs on which written in indelible char
acters the name of the Republican candidate;
and, had he been Presdentelect, the name Of
the man who, in spite of party affiliations. they
would have been proud and happy to call my
friendn