The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-31
POLITICAL NOTE AND COMMENT.

-NOAL " NVnuENls
Do you want an English Presidsntl II so vote
for Grover Observation-Disclosures Leader.
SENATOR KESSA. Of West Virginia. is said &C
be very uneasy over Republican prospects in
that State.
THE Democratic party loves the workinsman
loves to see him work hard for small wages.
Evening Wisconsin.
THEY say Tom Nasts pencil is to be used in
the Republican cause this time. This is nuts for
Harrison.-Bosto Herald
ODDS are freely offered in the betting that
Belva Lockwood..s letter OF acceptance will con-
tain a ACKNOWLEDGMENT Tribune.
WITH proper and energetic work the election
of Harrison and Morton is as sure as that day
succeeds night-Washington I'd. c. Gazette.
THE Mills bill has had its effect already. a.
the following quotation from Bradstreet will
show: n takines (of wool) for future require
ments are noted"
The Buffalo Express remarks on the report
that Dan Lamont is to retire to private life: "As
the Colonel is a private secretary, and therefore
not in public life. the statement lacks coher-
ency.r
SPEAKING Of the Chinese question, here Is
what Allen G. Thurman said to the Senate in
1879: Free immigration would be advantage
sN aA4 az
laborers."
A GENTLEMAN from Philadelphia, who is
spending the summer in England, says that he
sees more Cleveland badges worn In Bradford
than can be seen on the most crowded thorough
fare of his home city.
REPORTS from Colorado indicate that the
result this fall in that State will be the most decis-
i've defeat the Democracy has ever met 1t 10
concedad that the State will GO for Harrison and
Morton from IL. 900 to 10000.
A CITIZEN Of Elizabethtown, n. Y. writes
''This is not q manufacturing town. but nearly
every man is a protectionist. Last week many
farmers sold their wool un washed for 20 cents.
Last year they received 40 and Al cents per
pound"
Ex-Governor PALMER, Democratic candidate
for Governor Of Illinois, refuses to discuss the
suppression of the negro vote in the South. He
10 making his campaign on State issues, and ts
says that isn't en- issue In Illinois this year.
THE Prohibitienists of Nebraska were count
ing on getting q goodly number Of votes from
the old soldiers In that State. The nomination
of Brooks, however, has had the effect of driv-
ing them all away They can't 60 . rebel yet q
while.
ONE of the significant indications of the
doubts Of the Democrats as to New York is to
be found IN the fact that the Democratic ma
tional committee has not commenced operations
10 New York State and seems to be in q condi-
zion of paralysis.-Washington SpeciaL
THE appearance Of DR.. Norvin Green in the
Democrats headquarters indicates a possibility
that the Democracy are TO blossom forth, In ad-
dition TO their character of the Brice, Scott szd
Sugar Trust party. a. the Jay Gould party. Ills
spikes some laree-sized Democratic guns
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
A PROMINENT Massachusetts, Democrat who
has been visiting the interior of New York
State says he is astonished at the number of
] Democrats who are deserving the Cleveland
ticket. He thinks that is due to Cleveland's
4 unpopularity where he Is well known, rather
than to his free-trade policy.
Col. CREED RAYMOND. chairman Of the Cali
fornia delegation at Chicago. has been inter
viewed since his return home. he believes that
Harrison snd Morton will cs7y California and
be elected, and that Chairman Estee, as the ems
tom goes, will be offered q Cabinet position.
In 1877 Gen. Jno. NJ. Palmer said; "I cannot
eat dirt enough to induce the Democratic party
/ to elect me-" Inssmuch as General Palmer in
now the Democratic candidate foI Governor. the
| Peoria Transcript thinks that this is an example
| Of one Of those rare cases where digestion I'M
proves with the age"
Mr.. Arthur. Of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, neatly spikes the guns Of the Demo
Gratis press. which loudly asyerts General Har-
rison is an aristocrat." "an enemy of labor" etc.,
with the remark that 81 know General Harri-
sons friendly attitude toward organized labor.
and his nomination is q strong one, for his
| record contains nothing to prevent any Repub-
iican workingman from voting for him.
DIR. JOHN A BROOKS. Prohibition candidate
for vics-president, says he has been a rebel, a
slave-holder aud q FIRE eating Democrat, but
thanks God that he has never been a Republic
an. IL Ii quite evident that while DR.. Brooks
cannot hope to be elected to the Office for
which he 10 running, he 10 tolerably certain TO
distance allcompetition 10 the way of courageous
and disgusting a~sininity. -Globe-D Democrat
DEMOCRATIC exchange ferociously inquiries:
'How do you account for the Inconsistency of
| General Harrison saying that 81 a day is plenty
| for any working manp This way. In the course
of 0 long and honorable career an inscrutable
| Providence has SO far saved General Harrison
from the sgregious folly Of making any such re
| mark. Il sounds more like one Of Bill SCOTS
little economic bon mots-St Paul Pioneer.
Press.
GENERAL HARRISON grows steadily on public
esteem as well as public liking. He is an Amer
lean of the Americans, he has known what pow.
erty and hard work are, MS natural good sense
has been ripened in the school of experience. he
holds his convictions with the strong grip of q
man who has thought IL out for himself, and
withal he has the knack OF putting things in
the plain English of the plain people.-Ha rtford
Courant