The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-12
STORIES LONG AND SHORT
A Protest at the Manner of Handling
Democratic Convention Tickets.
They Are to Be Distributed by Republicans
The Fat and Lean LO,en-Si Sb'efins
DillOTacy-A Trick That Worked Well.


TO exploit 1t In q conversation with q
Journal reporter. q few days ago. at the
Denison Hotel. he said:
do you know that the Democratic ma
tional committee has handed its press ar
rangements-that is. the distribution or
press tickets for the Democratic national
convention at Chicago-to the Republic
ansi"
The Journal man hadn't heard 1t, SAID
he hadn't and expressed some increduilty
and surprise.
well. il is fact. They have done that
very thing and the Democratic newspaper
men the country over are hopping MAD
about IL. Just think of the internal idiocy
and asininitv of such ON ARRANGEMENT. None
OF the d, yspapers have mado any great
kick -loout II. L don't believe one
imneriI their chances for securing
admission If they did. But IL
you want verification or my story ask
Sam Morss or Ben Eaton. or Pete Pernot.
of the Sentinel. and they VIII ten You tnat
in order to secure a seat at the press-taDie
at q national convention or their Own
party they must make application To. ana
have their claims passed upon by, conf
DIittee of newspaper men d majority Oh
whom and, believe, indeed, all, arc Re-
publieans. The committee, l believe. is
composed OF five men. One - the wash
ington correspondent OF the Chicago IT'D
une, another the Washington correspondent
of the Detroit Tribune and an other Is
political writer on the Washington otar.
These three | know are all Republicans.
snd. as 1 told you before. think ali h'e OF
them wear the Republican brand.
"I tell you 1t Is calling. and IL is WON
der to ma the Democratic r-sss of the coun-
try don't turn in ami II. th 3 arrangement
from Dan 10 Bcersheba. suppose harry
New. at Minneapolis. had had to make ap-
plicatlon for admission tickets for
himself and friends 20 commit
tee composed of Henry Watterson. John
X. Mclean and sam horss. Wouiun,t
there have been night merry seancef UT
suppose at your approaching State con-
vrntion ut Fort wayne you fellows would
have 10 apply TO u committee composed OF
one representative each OF the lndianapo-
LIS Sentinel, Fort Wayne Journal ana
Evansville Courier wouldn't there be -
10 paw Well that's the condition we are
placed In at Chicago. aud ] tell you III Is
rasping. In tue language of my friend.
Morris Ross, it is drastic"
"How did this giving away of press
birthrights happenF' the Journal ventured
10 ask.
The reason of it is no. exactly clear.
wrote 10 Calvin :. Brice. chairman OF the
national committee, about 10. and got an
IN unsatisfactory reply. i wrote To him about
It again. and have heard nothing from it.
j rhink one reason for IL Is that Brice
wants to curry favor with Republican
newspaper men. lie has the presidential
prevails in the Democratic party relative
TO candidates and measures. he as
sumes that there Is possibility
of his being an0inted with the pres
idential electric fluid. As tending to
substantiate this theory / have recently
seen several kindly notices of Brice In
number of leading Republican papers, with
incidental anti significant reference To pos
sibilities and contingencies If Mr.. Brice
- really nurturing small boom and has
turned it over to be wet-nursed by the Re-
publican correspondents he'll lind he has
made q woefnl mistake.
The most plausible explanation, even
though it Is not satisfactory, Is that the
convention press privileges were turned
over to this Republican gang by
81 Sheerin. secretary of the ma
and bother of il off his hands. There is no
doubt that the Just aud judiciOns appor-
tlOnmeDt of press privileges is vexations
problem. but il Mr.. SheerIn wanted 10 be
rId of it he could have committed it TO the
bands OF newspaper men OF his own pOlit-
zeal faith. As 1T is the Democratic COM
mIItee has gone into the camp of the enc
my end selected sentinels To stand guard
at the gates of its castle"
Two indianapolis men were rivals for
the hand of the same fair damseL Though
the average she was a tickle Jade. and the
two contestants for her favor were kept in
hot water according as now one and then
the other had the call.
Both young men were handsome in their
way. but one was lean while the other
tipped the beam at 24O ponds The
He owned lot in splendid ad-
ditIoD. and. being determined not To
take any OF the chances that come of delay,
he forthwith sat down with his sweetheart
and tho two proceeded TO draw the plan of
house. They finally carved out plan
according To their best Ideas. with parior
dining-roOm. bed chambers, pantry. bath
roOm ami all the contrlyances and con-
veniences that an ambitious Young couple
with limited capital should attempt to
shoulder.
The accepted suitor was going 10 a distant
city on q two weeks business trip. aud the
Plans for the new house were left in charge
OF MS nancee. tie had no sooner LETT the
city than his lnterests placed in i'm
minent jeopardy by his fat rival. the assid-
uIty and regularity of whose attentions
20 the heroine of this sketch became most
marked.
He IN turn proposed and was accepted.
and, after his ebuIlitions of ecstasy had
enbsided, he came to the eminently prac-
teal question OF a house to live in. He had
q lot and he able TO build house
wife into.
Tine girl had just the thing, she said.
Her folks last summer had thought of
building. and had drawn plan, but
hfterward gave mp the idea, and she pro-
duced tie plan that she and the fat
mans now almost forgotten rival had
evolved.
They went over the plan with their
heads close together. The fat man was
pleased. The parlor was inst the right
size, the windows were executed inst TO
house. and he thought thar the best place
for it. The moro be pondered over il the
better he liked it, and it was adopted.
he disappointed lean man. In speaking
OF the matter later, had a tinge OF bitter
ness N his voice, as he said: .'Ies. i got
lett, and they took and used my plan for q
house. The only change they made was TO
enlarge tie bath-tub so the fat man could
get into It," =
!. i. Sheerin, secretary of the national
Democratic committee, was In the city the
other day. and. as usual. was besieged for
tickets of admission TO the Chicago conven-
tion. Il have applications said Mr.. Shrerin.
''for tive thousand tickets. but only twenty
five have been set apart for me- hope to
have this number doubled, bat have no as
surance that can succeed. With the hope
of providing for Indiana friends ] have
written TO every member of the ma
tional committee for any tick
cts they could not use. but each
has applications for more than be- can OBJ
tain. hoped also that mem beers and dele
Ief my Nfafa I'D ~