The Indianapolis journal., 1888-08-06
POLITICAL NOTE AND COMMENT.

GENERAL HARKIsoN's visitors are now count
ed by the car-load.-Boston Transcript.
For every free-trader to paste in his hat:
American ballots and not British soversigns are
going to carry this election-American Celt.
AS the time OF Mr.. Blaine's arrival in this
country draws near, our Democratic contempo-
rariss ri We more and more pronounced symp-
toms OF rabies.-Kansas City Journal
The Democratic campaign textbook is an
nounced to appear in about a fortnight. Per-
haps that is what the Democratic managers are
waiting or.-Boston Herald (Clevelaud.l
1T is certainly promising campaign when
the administration organs announce with great
unction that such and such Democrats will
stick to the tcket.-Albany Times (Dem.)
THE Hungarians are learning the duties Of
citizenship, and are learning them correctly.
They are forming Hsrrison and Morton clubs
in this city.-New York Mail and Express.
A REPUBLICAN campaign club with q men,
bership of 100 has just been organized at Ridge.
wood. N. j.. with a promise of 100 more men by
Sept. /. Many Democrats have signed the roll.
THE unanimity with which the Democratic
organs are urging Chairman Quay to silence
Harrison's speeches is clear proof that they do
not like the way the latter is talkipg.--Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
THE Home Market Club Of Boston had a
membership of eight hundred when Senator
Sherman was given dinner in that city last
February: now it has a membership of twenty.
three hundred, and is steadily increasing.
THE Democrats may try to prevent Mr.. Blaine
from landing in this country by enforcing the
contract labor law against him. He is under
costract to work with the Republican party for
tho election OF General Harrison. Philadelphia
Press
THE Tariff Club will not 20 to New York to
meet Blaine. But it will visit Indianapolis.
The purpose is to make the visit to General Har-
risons home distinctively q western Pennsyl-
vana call. Delegations from Beaver Washing
ton and Connellsville will be invited to join with
the PittsburRers. Hon. John Dalzell will be
selected to deliver the address to General Har-
rison on behalf of the callers rs-P;ttsburg
Chronicle.
So IT appears that the negro Democratic con-
vention at Indianapolis had its origin in the
brain OF Pension Commissioners Black, Of Mr..
Clevcland's administration. The call was issued
byJ. Milton Turner and the programme was
presented by him; but it 10 found that for sew
ersl weeks Mr.. Turner has spent good deal of
time every day in General Blacks room and
with General Blacks fine workers ia the Pension
Office Milwaukee Sentinel
b. F. PEIxorTo, of New York. q representa-
tive workinsman, was for nearly eight years
United States consul at Lyons, France, and
made study of the labor question not only Of
that country, but of Germany, Italy. Switzer-
land, Austria, Belgium and Eneland. He says
that the wages received'in Europe are from one
half to two thirds lower than those paid in this
country, and that it would DO suicide for Amer
ican workingmen to- vote for party which seeks
to place them on level with the pauper labor
Of Europe.
The Democratic managers are getting some
what alarmed by the revolt in their ranks, par
ticularly on the part OF Irish-Amsrcan working
men, but they are powerless to check it. 1t ex-
tends to ell trades. Glass blowers paint work
ers, wallpaper manufacturers, jewelry-makers,
hat m akers-iu fact, all trades are out against
any tariff reduction. There are thousands Of
men in these trades who have voted the Demo-
cratic ticket. but who will not do it this year.
The iron men on the elevated railroads are al
most to a man against the Democrats and their
policy. York Mail and Express.
liz had donkey and he wouldnt go
Do you think would whip hinl No, No! No!
would put bandanna on his pate,
And make him Democrat candidate.
-Rorhaster Democrat.