Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1884 — CLEVELAND & HENDRICKS. [ARTICLE]

CLEVELAND & HENDRICKS.

Regular meeting of the Cleveland & Hendricks Club, at the Club Room, to-morrow (baturday) evening. Mr, John Roberts will deliver an address Cordial Invitation is extended to everybody. Base Ball—Bail, of Buffalo. Hi s bawl was the basest heard from an y political calf during the present generation. — Don Quixotte’s memorable attack upon the windmill is fully equaled by the valorous onslaught made by Republican editors of small cali ber and huge bore upon the man of straw invented and set up by the alleged ReV. Ball, of Buffalo. These editors by the way, are as badly rat* tied, in their intellects as was the famous Knight of LaMoucha. Blaine hired a substitute to go to the front in the war and be shot at in his stead. Instead of dubbing him “the Plumed Knight,” the Republican candidate should be known as the Knight of the White Feather. After the election he w il be recognized as tbe Kuigh: of Sorrowful Figure, while Logan will do verywell for Sancho Panza on his ass. Vermont has g..ne Republican, on the State ticket, by agr ally reduced majority, compared with the last election in that Stale. In the November election it will be consideribly more reduced, if indeed it gives Republican all. The eople of that 9te indigant over the defeat of it Senator dmunds by stock-jobber Blaine* nd there is a prospect that the ac lon of the Republican Convention at Chicago will be resented by non'* indorsement.

Ben Butler is 1. brmitiful illiistra lion of the fraud- of American poll tic*. Probably the richest man in Massachusetts be Haims to be, pa r excellence, the candidate for the workingmen. Representing the anti-munot olis s, he is the legal adv ser of of some of the hea i.-st rail* road corporations, and the sole owner of one of the most complete monopolies in the eon: try—t at of the manufacture ot bunting, of which the American flag is male. Posing as the champion of reform, he introduced the salary grab bill, one of the most bald heaaed official robberies ever practiced upon the people. Cont nualiy boa- ting of i-is owu achievements an I perfections, there is not in all the land a more unscruDu ous and eonsci -ueeless rascal, morally and financially.

One of tht» peculiar features of the present Presidential campaign is the unusual uncertainty of the rusul’. Of the northern Stites there is scarcely one which can be certainly counted fcr either candidate. Several elements have conspired to bring about this situation. There is the candidacy of Buller, with his alleged backing of anti-monopolists, Greenbackers. and a portion of the laboring classes. While his vote will not be heavy, it may be sufficient to change the result in some state where the two parties are nearly equally balanced. Butlerism is a quantity which can scarcely be estimated until the votes are counted; and while it will draw some strength from both paities, it is gensr <lly believed his candidacy will be more damaging to the Democrats than th’ Repuplicuns. Then there is the prohibition vote. This also is a very uncertain qaan tity; but whatever .ts stiength, it will come mainly from the Republican party, i his element is Durticulary active in lowa, Wisconsin and Kansas, and places those states, heretofore always strongly Kepublicau, in the doubtful column. Of the naturalized vote the Reouulicans are claiming Urge accessions from the Irish, because ot Blaine’s alleged disposition to pull the tail of the British lion. This may or mny no t be irue; but if true, the Irish defection from the Democratic ranks is greatly more than offset by the German accessions. In addition to the rice hostility of the two people, which prevents any pohticcal affiliation, the Germans have been driven from the Republican patty by its pro* scriptive legislation, and this year will vote almost solidly with the Democracy. This is especially true la ail the large cities, where the pop* ulatirn is mainly located, and where the effects <>f Republican sumptuary legislation are principally felt. Ohio, the only important October State, is by no means conceded to the Republicans. The young and vigorous Democrats who have re.i cently secured control of tne party organization ia the State, consider Ohio fair fighting ground, and are making a splendid struggle for victory, with about equal chances of success. The situation in New York is complicated by doubts of tne real purpose of Tammany Hull; but John Kelly is by n.» means tne potent factor he once was in the politics of that State. He opposed Tilden in 1876, and Tilden carried the State; he supported Hancock in 1880, and Hancock lost the state. The best intormatiou is that Kelly leally controls but about 5,000 votes and in a State having 50,000 to 100,000 Democratic majority 5.000 ctn easily be spared. Still therein soma uneasiness concerning New York, because of local dissensions.

Every Souther State will vote for Cleveland beyond pei adventure.— We have this solid foundation and equal chances in nearly every Northern State- Tbe Republicans can count upon the finger- of one hand the States of which they are absolutely sure So it will be sfen that their affectation of confidence is merely for effect unon the voters.— They are making desperate efforts to whistle up their courage for a last grand efiort for the offices, but their Hearts—‘■Like muffled drums are beating, Funeral marches to the grave.” We extract the following from an interview wiih an ex-member of Congress: “Do you know anything of die reasons why investigation of the Mulligan letter affair was not pressed to a conclusion by the Houstr committee?” I queried. “For fullest information as to that you should call on Proctor Knott, of Kentucky. By the way tho Indiana Democracy should import Knott to speak and ask him to make the Mulligan letter his theme. His would bo the great speech of the campaign, Get him to tell of the Caldwell dis-

I patch and what superinduced Blaine's 1 sunstroke. Knott received what | purported to be a cablegram from London, signed Josiah Caldw-U, ex ! operating Blaine from complicity in ’ the Little Rock bond transactions. | Knott suspicinned that the fine and of Blake might have wrought in the construction of the message, and he held it for developments A develop- | mert soon appeared in Blaine’s i charging Knott with suppressing a telegram addressed to him as chai r man of ihe committee. Knott went to New York and procure positive evidence that Blaine bad dictated or inspired a cablegiam to London requesting the sending of the message I which Knott received. Knott was ! ready hen to produce the cablegram | along with evidence that Blaine was I practic il’y the author of it In a i few hour 1 more Knott would have confionrcd Blaine with the document, when lo! a friend rushed i. to Kn< it’s presence with -he announcement. 1 “Blaine his been prostrated with a sunstroke.” Was he SUNStROKB CR KNOTT? “The repoits of the physicians who saw Blaine at the time (if made as they talked to intimate friends) would not convince old Sol- of the charge Blaine made against him. Two of them declared Blaine’s syrup* toms uniike those of any patient they had ever tre ited for sunstroke Knott was estopped from pressing the investigation by Blaines friends, de daring it cruel, mean, etc., to do so when Blaine was dangerously ill, and possibly,might die. To a private cir cle of friends Knott insisted t at the great orb of day was not justly chaigeable wiih the stroke which kept Blaine from appearing before the committee, and futbermore that he had no physical ailment from which he was likely to be immediately retiied frem political life. Blaine was within a few days well enough to travel, and taking French leave of the committee, betook himself to Maine. Again his friends protested against further action by the committee absence. Knott was ready and anxious to adduse the evidence of Blaine's parentage of the Caldwell dispatch. But Blaine re mained away, out cf rangs of Kno.t’s committee to the end of t.ie session.”

Indianapolis Sentinel: The Sentinel protests again, as it has done repeatedly. against the policy which has wrung personal scandals into the Presidential campaign. It first besought and then warned the Blaine organs to discontinue their unwarranted and dirty attacks on the Democratic candidate. It was in Mr. Blaine’s power to have commanded desistance from that method of campaign war. But the Sentinel especially protests agains. being forced by James G. Blaine into the attitude whkh, for its own defense, will compel it to disclosures which must indirectly affect a woman. Only the most virile war 02 the private characrer of Grover Cleveland by Blaine's deputies on the press inspired the Sentinel to question Blaine concerning his own inner lifn, But only n cowardly adventurer, devoid of all sense of shame, w ould thrust the reputation of a wife into such a breech solely for political ends. It is James G Blaine, add not the Indianapolis Sentinel, who must be con’emned for exposures for which his wife must also suffer.