The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-06

son why they are not good grounds on
which to base their claims. Doctor Hunter
is en- old-tme Democrat, has been a hard
and earnest worker for the party, has the
ability TO make humble one officer, and we
feel sure that if the appointment should be
given him he would govern the Office salts
factory to al.
Evansville Courier: Mr. James G. Carlton,
of Bedford. is q candidate for Principal
Clerk Of the House Of Representatives. Mr..
Carleton is q capable man, and one of the
best Democrats in the State. He has always
been a cheerful and valuable worker in the
party and il he should win the place, we
may be sure he will perform the duties OF
the office very well.
Bedford Banner: We learn from a beautiful
card presented to Us containing the names
OF ell the Democratic members of the In
diana House of Representative. that our
fellov-townsman, James G. Carlton, will be
a candidate for Clerk OF the House at its en-
suing session. Mr.. Carlton is a gentlaman
possessing fine business qualiic CATO rs; q
good leader; possesses g strong voice. and is
a true Democrat, and would make a first
class officer in that place, and as all know
who have served IN the Legislature that
these qualifications ere very important in
that officer. We hope to see him succeed.
Michigan City Dispatch: Blsine's i~nsolent
and slanderous letter withdrawing the libel
suit against the Indianapolis Sentinel was
so offensive to the Republican Judge that he
instructed Blaine's attorneys to strike his
letter from their reasons for asking for q dis.
misssl OF the action against the Sentinel, so
that this ungentlemanly, malicious and cal
luminous letter might not appear upon the
records of the District Court of Indiana.
This it would seem ought TO take much of
the conceit out of Blaine as a letter writer,
and indicate to him the contemptibleness of
HE 1n-ordlu attack MON - -
diana.
Charlottesville Review: The more our
Republican ~neighbors survey the fatal wall
only l JAG feet high, with which the fatss
fenced out Blaine and fenced in Cleveland,
the sicker and ssdder they are. They must
try and acquire a broader sense CT Christian
resignation. They will End il very chasten-
ing when they once &C. used to it. 1t was in
that very school whC e the Democratic party
became so pur and wise and noble that the
people at last decreed its elevation TO
When our good friends have Inundated
themselves in sackcloth and ashes for fifty
or a hundred years. they, too, may at last
be deemed worthy to rule again.
Angola Herald: The candidacy of Will
lam NJ. Moss, editor of the Bloomfield Demo-
crat, is announced for Assistant Secretary of
the Indiana State Senate, and is receiving
many fattering Inducements from the
Democracy OF Greene County and the party
press of the State. If earnest and effective
services rendered his party in the publica-
ton OF q live Democratic paper In a strong
Republican county entities a man to special
fayors and patronage at the hands of his
party, we doubt not Mr.. Moss is eminently
worthy of that distinction. We naturally
have a fellow feeling and sympathy with
him that leads Us to hope that the ~applica-
zion of Mr.. Moss will have due consideration
in the State Senate.
Button Banner. Our friend, J. o. Hen
dersOn, of the Kokomo Dispatch, Is a candi.
date for Revenue Collector of the Eleventh
Indiana Revenue District. We know of no
one more worthy of the position than Mr..
Henderson. He has been a lifelong Demo
crat and an indomitable worker in the Dem.
ocratIc ranks. For twelve years he has pub.
lished the Dispatch in the strong Republican
county of Howard, and by his ability and
courage welded q power in the interest OF
Democracy that was equRled by but few
journals in the State, and were it not that
the unhinchlng Democracy of Wells County
was asking some recognition of her always
reliable majority in the interest of Dsmoc.
racy, by the appointment of one of her citi-
Zens, W. A. Gutelius, than whom a better
Democrat never breathed. to the same posi-
ton, we should feel like saying that the
splendid abilities of ]. o. Henderson should
be recognized by appointing him Revenue
Collector