Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1880 — DEMOCRATIC TICKET [ARTICLE]

DEMOCRATIC TICKET

For Governor —Frank Landers, of Marion comity? For Lieutenant Governor —Isaac P. Gray, of Randolph county. For Secretary of State —John G. Shanklin, of Vanderburg county. For Auditor of State—Mahlon D. Manson, of Montgomery county. For Treasurer William Fleming, of Allen county. For Clerk of the Supreme Court - Gabriel Schmuck, of Perry county. For Reporter of the Supreme Court —A. N. Martin, of Wells county. For Sup’t of Public Instruction — A. (’. Goodwin, of Floyd county. For Judges of'the Supreme Court —James Mitc’ ell. of Elkhart county; John T. Scott, of Vigo county. For Attorney Generol —T. W. Woollen, of Johnson county. And his name is Siknner. Owing to which fact there will not be such a squabble, as has been anticipated, in the radical convention at Logansport, next Tuesday. The nominee of which will be taken in charge by a regular “Skinner”, and undergo a process of skinning by a master hand. The job will be done neat, complete and with dispatch.

Brp. James didn’t make the riffle for Secretary of State. Hon. A. G. Porter, of Marion conn ty, is the radical nominee for Governor. The Republican make no reference whatever to the Grand Garfield Ratification fizzle. Democratic National Convention at Cincinnati next Tuesday, at which time and place the next President and Vice President of the U. S. will be nominated. When Oakes Ames, with bis little book, was planting Credit Mobelier stock, he found in James A. Garfield a lot where it could be put to do the most good, and he sowed $5,000 in James A.’s pockets. —« The Democratic Congress passed an appropriation bill amply providing for the needs of the Government. The Fraud vetoed it, and if supplies are shut off, he and his party through him tire to blame.

“Joy” reveled in the household of Blaine at the beginning, but in the end was transformed into a JAGarlield, full of Credit Mobilier and Union Pacific Stocks, De Golyer paving stones, and noxious weeds generally.

On receipt of information of Mr. Skinner’s nomination, Wednesday evening, our neighbor doubled himself up “and hied him to his little bed.” Cholera morbus, colic, cholera infantum, or something. Better today, with alao.r of sad,calm resignation stamped upon his countenance, and a determination to face the inevitable with all the grace and courage he can pick up.

It’s real jolly to note the course of the republicans of our native State, Pennsylvania, training to the music of Free Trade leaders. It’s a hopeful sign to the country that the Keystone radicals have doffed their protective (?) short clothes and donned a full suit of Tariff Reform. There’s hope for the old State yet, so long given over to the domination of negroes and adventurers.

The announcement of Skinner’s nomination was received by Democrats hereabouts with unconcealed gratification und the liveliest satisfaction. Republicans would give vent to their feelings ot dissatisfaction and disappointment with a sullen croak of “crow.” But. so far as we could ascertain, our neighbor across the hall was the only one who exhibited violent symptoms which follows a feast on “crow.”

There was a time when Washington City was infected with an ambition to pave her streets. James A. Garfield was then, as now, a member of Congress. “Boss” Shepherd was the king bee in the rotten hive of the capital’s corruptionists. Garfield was at the head of the Appropriation Committee. Boss Shepherd saw a good thing for himself if he could get Congressional support, in the De Golyer paving system. It only took $5,000 to fix James A. Garfield, and the Boss had his Congressional support. Garfield had been a preacher, and so much the better. The De Golyer went through. The Boss made his pile and Garfield had $5,000 for his share’ The Chicago convention was certainly unfortunate in its selection of a “dark horse.” He has “too much record."

The New York Herald defines the recent radical platform adopted by the Chicago Convention, to be as “Nearly Nothing as possible,” and says: The motive which controlled the composition of the Chicago platform was frankly avowed by Mr. Pterrepont in the speech with which he ac companied its presentment, when he said that the committee had developed a great diversity of opinions among themselves about suitable recommendations of a policy for the Republican party and thcrefoie had put as nearly nothing into their resolutions as was practicable. The New York Times (radical) declares it incomplete, inane, impertinent, and adds: It is a great pity that the national convention of the Republican party should have put out a declaration of principles and opinions and purposes, with one exception, so incomplete, so weakly framed and so jumbled with matters of impertinence or slight importance.