Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1890 — INDIANAPOLIS LETTER. [ARTICLE]

INDIANAPOLIS LETTER.

Indianapolis, Sept. ,1890. The gossips have had a high time this week, the action of the Democratic convention giving them a most magnificent grist to chaw over. The platform and the ticket has been an inexhaustible theme for discussion, and the whole city—Republicans, Democrats, Greenbacker s and Prohibitionists, have been convulsed, with laughter ever the platform. It is regarded as the literary curiosity of the age. As one wag expressed it: “It is like a man fearfully arid wonderfully made.” It certainly is refreshing to see with what indignation they denounce election frauds. It is true that is denounc. ing the whole past iTistory of their own party, and a good many people are disposed to look on the denunciation as merely a catch-vote proposition; but for them to denounce such actions is that much gained. What an inspiring sight it was to see Sim Coy shouting himself hoarse over a resolution denunciatory of frauds in elections! One could imagine they could see him waving aloft the tallysheets he forged in 1886 and laughing with ghoulish glee over the farce of the party that had defended him, and whose boss he still is, making such a pretense of virtue. The silver plank must have tickled the ribs of the old moss-backs when they thought how for years they had been doing the very qpposite of what their resolution now declared they had always favored. The resolution in regard to the economy and honesty of the Democratic management of the benevolent institutions was another laughing farce. Magotty butter, cholera hogs—honesty and economy! Before they adopted that sesolution they ought to have sent out and killed the Superintendent of the Central Hospital of the Insane, for he had just proved to the world, beyond any power of Democratic authority to contradict, that the Democratic management had stolen in that one institution alone, or recklessly squandered it, which is the same thing. $250,000 of the people’s money in eight years.. If the Democratic management for eight years was honest and economical, then Dr. Wright, the present Superintendent, is starving his patients to death, and they all say they never were better fed than now. The gossips love to dwell on the resolution about civil service reform arid Cali to mind that the last Democratic General Assembly spent three-fourths of its time in making sinecure piaces for Democrats, and are still running all the State institutions exclusively for that class of citizens. The ticket comes in for agood share of the gossip. Claude Matthews, the farmer. It makes one think of exGov. Wright as an agriculturist, when he toldjthe people that the best breed of sheep, both for wool and mutton, was the hydraulic ram. Tom Byrnes, who had twice sacrificed himself for the party, was thrown over at the demand of the German brewers of Indianapolis. Andrew Sweeney, chosen as a representative Irishman, a man who four years ago ran five thousand votes behind his ticket. Green Smith! By the way, the gossips tell a good story on Smith. One day, in the trial of a lawsuit, he pursued his usual bullying practices until one of the parties turned on him and knocked him down, and was proceeding to give him a sound thrashing when bystanders interfered and saved the bullying lawyer. A few months afterward the same man was a Witness in a case where Smith was one of the attorneys. He testified to having been a soldier. On cross-examination Smith asked, with one of his peculiar grins, if he had ever whipped a rebel. The wit--sees, looking him significantly in the face, quickly replied: “I came pretty near it once, and would hate done it had not some d—d fools interfered and saved him.” Smith had no more questions to ask of that witness. The northern part of the State did not get much in the division. Indianapolis controlled all the nominations, and they had to be given in this neighborhood. Gall and Henderson lay claims to some respectability,’ but being caught on the same ticket with Green Smith gives them dead away.

While the gossips are busy over the late convention and its outcome, they also find time to speculate as to what will be the result of the Republican gathering next week. Candidates are beginning to show themselves and declare not only a willingness to take a place on the ticket, btjban anxiety so to do. They are all gbod meh, and a party could hardly go amiss in nominating any oneof them. -For Secretary of State, are prominently mentioned i.ach men as Marcus R Sulzer, of Madison, and Thomas H. Nelson, of Parke county. Two more worthy mfen.it would be hard to find. Mr. Sulzer is perhaps the youngest man who ever held an office iri this State, he having been appointed a member of the Ohio River Commission when he was but niieteen years old. Mr. Nelson is one of the prominent farmers of the western part of the State For Av liter the convention will be offered its choice between William Hazen, of Wabash, one of the best knoan Republicans of the Wabash valley; Col. I. N. Walker, of this city, a soldier with a splendid record and who has for years been the popular Adjutant. General of the G. A. R. and A. C. Dailey, a farmer and business man of Lebanon, undone whoso Republicanism has never been qpestioned. For Treasurer a liberal supply of most excellent timber will be offered, in such men as James S. Henry, of Gosport, a man without a stain of any kind; N. S. Lyram, for many years a promt*Ant wholesale merchant and leading citizen of Indianapolis; Jarno McClellan,, a one-armed soldier < Bedford; Hugh Barr, a farmer

Daviess county, * man who has built a reputation second to none in that section; George W. Pixley, a leading citizen and business man of Ft. Wayne, and Leonard Wild, a prosperous and’ popular farmer of Hamilton county. W. T. Noble, the present incumbent is the only one offered for Clerk of the Supreme G*urt, and he is entirely worthy a second term. For Supreme Court Judge, thfe names of D. H. , Chase, of Logansport, and R‘ W. McBride, of Elkhart, will be. presented. Capt. Chase has a brilliant army record, and was for twelve years Judge of the Cass Circuit Court. Mr. Mcßried is one of the best known layyers in Nothern Indiana. For Attorney general thfe only name now spoken of is that of John W. Lovett, of Anderson, who came so near capturing that prize four years ago. James H. Henry, of Morgan county,, and John W r . Barnes, of Kokomo, are asking the Superintendency of Public Instruction, both educators of high standing. For Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, and for State the names respectively of Capt. John Wor\ rel and Prof. John Collett will be presented. Surely out of the timber presented a ticket unexceptionable and worthy every way can be nominated.

NICODEMUS.