The Indianapolis Journal

There is promise of a good deal of love-feast in to-morrow's convention of the sand-bag variety.

Too many Democratic flowers want to bloom in the spring. The frosts of to-morrow's convention will nip some of them, sure.

As things are now shaping up, Harrison will carry Indiana against any ticket the Democrats can nominate, by at least five thousand majority.

The harmony that was to have hovered like a dove over the Democratic primaries Monday night took to the woods and has not been heard of since.

If Secretary of State Matthews had waited until yesterday he would not have issued that able letter consenting to be an aspirant for the Democratic nomination for Governor.

Editor, and colonel, and candidate Shanklin will have it that Gray is not in the fight even enough to be compromised with. He has voted, and finds the majority in favor of Cleveland.

Democratic newspapers are now saying that Harrison cannot defeat Cleveland, and are advising Republicans to select some other candidate. Such unselfish consideration is truly affecting.

A young Governor is the fad in politics now, says young Mr. Niblack. If, perchance, "old Holman" shall be nominated for that office the young candidates can reflect on the brevity of life as to fads.

If all the other aspirants for the Democratic nomination for Governor pool their issues they may be able to down editor Shanklin, but they must make the combination early in the fight, since he bears the Cleveland banner.

Mrs. H-L-N G-G-R, who has been lecturing in New York city, advises all the ministers of the metropolis to go sin-seeing with Parkhurst. Is H-l-n, perhaps, under the impression that all these ministers are Saint Anthonys?

The Boston Herald suggests that if the Behring sea difficulty is not settled soon the State Department may deem it proper to issue a Latin dictionary as a pub. doc. Why not follow Democratic precedent and ask for leave to print in the Congressional Record?

Having left the Republican party for position in the Democratic, and now having been rejected by the managers of that conglomeration, it is kindly suggested to ex-Governor Gray that the managers of the alleged People's party are looking about for a presidential candidate.

Last year the country was informed that 250,000 people owned the most of $65,000,000,000 of valuables in the United States. Now we are told $32,000,000,000 of them are owned by 32,100 persons. If this thing keeps on at that rate, a couple of people will own the whole United States.

But the first story is false and the second is ridiculous.

Chicago Democrats can give even Tammany points on the grab game. It is now said that the local gang of the world's-fair city has about concluded not to build the wigwam for the convention unless it is given ten thousand tickets, instead of the five thousand first promised. The building is expected to hold fifteen thousand.

Papers in all parts of the country are expressing surprise that Representative Holman should assert that in time of danger the country could create a navy which would beat the world in thirty days, and that he should point to Perry's success with new wooden ships on the lakes in 1812. Those who know him are only surprised because he is no further behind the times than 1812.

Senator Hill's friends in Washington still insist that, notwithstanding the turn in the tide, Cleveland will not be nominated. The story that the Hill delegates in New York have weakened and will vote for Cleveland is, they declare, absolutely false, and, without the New York vote, they triumphantly assert, Cleveland is not in it. Trustworthy accounts represent Hill as being in entire ignorance of the capitulation he is reported by the Cleveland organs to have made. He is still full of fight and animosity. If he cannot have the nomination himself, G. C. shall not have it if his wire-pulling hand retains its cunning.

No doubt the people of Indiana will be surprised to learn that notwithstanding the great increase in State revenue, under the new tax law, there will be less than $90,000 a year that can be applied to reducing the State debt. As the valuation of property has been increased nearly 40 per cent., and the tax levy 50 per cent., the people would be justified in expecting a rapid reduction of the debt. But they will be disappointed.