The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-05

ford and Orange. Mr.. Henderson did all this or
| the most meager returns, the Democratic facili
| ties for receiving news being far inferior II
| what they were last year. Having settled this
| little matter to his satisfaction the Chairman
remarked 1--WE have got the Legislature now.
and we will see what we can do on the State
ticket If the Legislature hadn't been taking
our attention for the past forty-eight hours We
could have had the State by this time"
A telegram came in from Winchester It bore
the inquiry. ''Snal bet on the State and Legis-
lature2 The telegram bore the name OF a friend
and Mr.. Henderson hesited. r. G. j. Pendle-
ton, pencil in hand was waiting for the cheftain
to reply. 'TelI him" said the chairman, The
ought to have put his money into the campaign.
Our malorities are too small" The dispatch was
about to be sent when the jocular chairman re-
considered. Tell him." he said that we have
probably majority of two in the Legislature.
Dent say anything about the State ticket"
Governor Gray WAS hugging the table closely
again last night. and Chairman Henderson was
f1anked on one hand by Dr. Thomas Harrison and
on the other by Richard o. Johnson The Gov
ernor was rather more cheerful than on the pre-
vious evening, as he is now entertaining the
hope that Colonel Robertson may In some way
be defeated for Leutenant-governor,i in which
case he will be free to try conclusions for the
United States Senate with Mr.. Mcdonald, pro-
viding, of course, the Legislature may also be
captured. And the Governor was cheerful, not
withstanding the long perspective of the Capitol
There was crowd in the committee rooms,
and tho table talk, togethsr with the scattering
receipts of news, served to entertain the by
ISLANDERS Chancellor Harding was again on
hand. The Chancellor was somnoient but when
a telegram came in announcing Republican
gain, the old Democratic "wah boss would
rouse himself and express his opinion Of the
campaign When one unusually fragrant case
came in, the Chancellor indignantly exclaimed,
''D-n the lazy dogs. They ought to be de-
feated; they wouldn't come out of their ken
nals!"
The reports were by telephone. hearsay,
grapevine. and few by telegraph sample
case is that of Boone county, which Judge Jor-
dan, who operated the telephone tried to get.
1t was found that neither the chairman nor the
secretary of the Boone county committee could
be reached. It suggested that DR..
would be at somebody's saloon in Lebanon play-
ing pool at about that time, and an effort TO get
the pool-player was then made 1t is upon such
returns as these that Chairman Henderson has
begun to claim the State ticket after
having settled the legislative ticket
upon inform alton of like character, similarly
obtained Returns, such as they are have
been received from thirty-one counties.
cit seems to me- said elderly Democrat. to
the reporter, that some OF my party friends
want to be made martyrs of like Joseph Mackin, of
Chicago and like some of those fellows over in
Ohio l want the Democrats to carry the State.
bur I want it done by an honest ballot, and an
honest count. | understand Mr.. Mcdonald has
gone to Washington. He probably has done SO
to get far away from the least possible associa-
ton with any rascality that may be attempted.
l hone he may prove to be
like Tilchman A. Howard. Mr. Howard
who lived at Rockville, could have been made
United States Senator had he consented to an
arrangement with Ke!so, member of the
General Assembly. The suggestion was made
to Mr.. Howard. He was man of the purest
integrity and the highest sense Of honor His
indignation sonnet thing terrible He would
listen to no proposition involving his integrity,
wrathfully packed his carpet-sack and went
home, and Edward A flanagan was chosen
United States Senator But it has been great
many years since we have had man like Thigh
man A Howard"
At o'clock this morning Chairman Henderson
claimed to have received a telegram from Terre
Haute that the Representative district of Vigo,
Vermillion and Sullivan had been carried by the
Democratic candidate by 38 majority He was
still claiming the State, but to the numerous
telegrams asking pointers for betting purposes
he invariably replied. Estate close; will require
an official count to decide