Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1884 — The Rogues Solid for the Tattooed Man. [ARTICLE]

The Rogues Solid for the Tattooed Man.

Prettv much all the riffraff in the party of the "ins” has come to the surface since Mr. Blaine was nominated. Mr. Robeson’s conspicuous championship of 1 the Mulligan candidate recalls memories of the most pro igate and corrupt administration of the Navy Department in the history of the country. Most of the leading participants in the whisky conspiracy are either dead or in exile, but Col. Joyce, who served his term in Jefferson City penitentiary, is on deck

"whooping it up lively” for Blaine and protection, and other survivors of the same gang are in thorough accord with him. The s’ar-route frauds are recalled by the activity of Mr. & B. Elkins, Mr. Brady, Mr Dorsey, and others of that kidney, in Blaine’s behalf. Recollections of the safe-burglary plot are revived by Mr, "Dick” Harrington’s pronounced support of the Jingo candidate. Mr. Powell Clayton, who attained.such an unenviable notoriety during the carpet-bag epoch ot rotten politics, te stumping Ohio for the magnetic man. Mr. Keifer, whose record as Speaker made him an object of popular contempt, has been one of the star performers in Mr. Blaine’s hippodrome. Mr William Pitt Kellogg, whose career in politics lias been from the beginning one of general cussedness, finds himseif very prominent in the councils of the grand old party, and seems to possess Mr. Blaine's confidence in a rare degree. During the latter’s recent travels in New York, he was accompanied among others by ex-Mayor J. J. Belden, of Syracuse, who was one of the chief members of the canal ring that Gov. Tilden broke up. The Robesons. Elkinses, Dorseys, Bradys. Kelloggs, Claytons, Spencers, Keifeis, Joyces, and Beldens seem to be especially susceptible to the influences of Mr. Blaine's magnetism. These men and the elements they represent believe devoutly in Mr. Blaine's peculiar kind of politics, and practice it whenever they get an poportunity. Their enthusiasm in his behalf is not stimulated. It is, indeed, the most natural thing in the world. Rut it must be embarrassing for honest men who are trying to convince themselves that Blaine ought to be elected to find that the rogues are so solid for him.