Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-09-03
"sTILL THEY COME,

: The San Jose (Cal) Patriot, Demo
| cratic, but loyal and national journal
is unable to go seymour, and comes ou
for Grant and ColfaX.
Gen. Sol. Meredith of midland, famous
as the commander of the Iron Brigade,
last year inclined to JohnsOnism, ha!
come out like a true soldier, and takeI
the stump for Grant
The Riverhead Weekly News, printed
at Riverhead, Long Island, hes run VI
the colors of Grant and ColfaX. The
News is pushing the campaign, and j:
handsomely sustained.
Miles j. Shinn, esq, a prominent anG
lifelong Democrat in Wayne County
I Ind. has become disgusted with the
nominees of that party, and, on Thurs
day evening last, made speech neal
Richmond, Ind, for Grant and ColfaX.
Eighteen members OF the 'White Boys
/ in Blue" at Munee, Ind, have become
! disgusted with the organization and
and joined the Fighting Boys in Blue. y
| Four members of the same organization
F.. in Anderson, Ind, pursued the same
course. d"
Col. Len. A. Harris, formerly Mayor
of the City of Cincinnati, and at present
Collector of the First Ohio Revenue Dis
| trict, is out for Grant and COlfaX. and
proposes to take the stump. He has run
the Johnson machine in that city for
the past two years. -
Judge @. De Bruler and Paris C.. Dun,
ming addressed a magnificent crowd of
Republicans at Evansville, Ind, on the
18th. One of the leading Hebrew mer-
chants, Isaac Hinmann, raised a Grant
pole on the same evening. All the Re
publican Jews of the city will vote the
straight Republican ticket. Three prom
inent Democrats in the city have pro-
fessed their faith in Grant. .4..,- H.. 4
There was rousing Republican rally
at SchOolcraft, Kalamazoo Co., Mich,
ON the 18th. Four car loads of people
went down from Kalamazoo on special
train to join with the prairie Republi-
cans, and Il good time was had. Mr..
John r. Glynn of the Kalamazoo House,
one of the stancheSt of Democrats, took
the stand and made some remarks that
clearly indicated a 'change of heart. ~
He stated what he had seen in the South,
and finally declared that he should vote
for Grant this Fall. .... ........5.-.
r A large Republican mass meeting was
held in Bath, Me-, ON the 18th, which
was presided over by the Hon. Henry
Tollman, faithful adherent of the
Democratic party for the past 40 years,
but who now repudiates the nomina-
tions of Seymour and Blair, and will
support Grant and Colfax. The gather
ing was held for two hours by one of the
most eloquent arguments ever listened
to by Maine audience, from the great
orator from the Western prairies, the
Hon. E. A. Storrs. Not less than 5000
people were present. fa .-. tt .,...
Judge a. w. q. Carter for many years
a prominent Democratic politician in
Cincinnati, has abandoned that orgrni-
zation, and sisnified his intention to-
take part in the present campaign for
Grant and Colfax. He says:
| am ready at all times to advocate
and defend, by speech and deed, the
principles by which the heart and nsind
of the nation were actuated in thwarting
the designs of secession and repellIng
the invasion of treason. Theseoare the
principles which do now, and will ever,
preserve us "a nation; and the election of
Grant and Colfax, am convinced, will
sustain and maintain them. a...