The Portland daily press., 1869-08-25
Political Nste

WIN d. MANN, Of Mobile, the Democratic
carpet-bagger, spent, it is said, $4,000 to Sc
cure his election to Congress, but in vain.
Mr.. Richard Smith of the Cincinnati Ga
zeite, and Mr.. William Henry smith of the
Chronicle of that city, are making stump
speeches for Ger. Hayes, and good ones OF
Course,
WASHINGTON specials state that STOKES as
cribes his defeat to Brownlow more 'ni.h 10
any other couse, and vows vengence. flsIois
and coffee will be the next thing IN order Tor
these beiligerent Tennesseans.
ryr Indifference entertained by d. mocrats
IN the matter of ofiice getting is illustrated by
Bucks County, Penn. in which 1O7 Democrats
are searching for the seven Offices to be filed
at this falls election.
REPUBLICAN gathering at fernando, De
Soto county, Mississippi, on the 10Th inst, was
ably addressed by the Hon. j. L. Alcorp, who
advocated impartial Suffrage, Universal Am
nesty, and ths principles of the Republican
party generally.
MARK TWAIN, who has just assumed his du-
ties one of the editors of the Buffalo Express
| saws he intends hereafter to give up swearing,
| though he don't see very well how taxes and
| hou.e rent can be discussed without it. There
| is, however great dfference(and Mark knows
| it) between ''cussn' and "discussin."
WHILE the Democratic papers are troubling
themselves because they say Gener Il Ben But
Ter is to go to the Senate in place of Henry
Wilson from Massachusetts, for the purpose of
meeting A. j., General Butler and General
Wilson are quietly cruising and fishing to-
gether along the coast in the same boat
The books of the Treasury Department show
that Secretary Boutwell, has cut down the
clerical force so as to reduce the expenses of
the Department over fifty thousand dollars
| per month. 1t is believed at the Department
| that in this one item nearly one million dol
| lars will be saved under the retrenehment
| policy which Secretary Boutwell, is pursuing.
They fear his trenchant logic, his outspoken,
clustering honesty, and, above all, his inveter-
ate hostility to the Radical leaders.
] So says the New York Herald of the Repub-
licans in reference to toe possibility of Andrew
Johnson's election to the Senate from Tennes-
see The idea of anybody's being afraid of
Johnson's honesty" whether clustering or
quiet," is worthy of the Herald.
SPEAKING of the Massachusetts, Democratic
State Convention the Boston Advertiser SAYS:
THE intention to appear in some disguise
seems to have been abandoned when the prin-
cipal delegates came together and looked at
ore another. Tt would be impossible for two
| intelligent Democrats to meet without laugh.
| ing, upon platform framed to beguie any
| body into the belief that Democracy in Massa-
chusetts has repented and become conserva-
tive"
DANIEL VOORHEES,, who has been candi-
date for Governor of Indiana ever since he
reached the age required by the constitution,
is still in the field, gray with years and bur-
dened with honor. But accidents will occur,
and Michael Kerr is after him. Kerr has been
= Congressman also, though he has held his
tongue firmly as the tabled sphinx. There
are some points-more of action than of
speech-in his favor; and if the spirit that led
Rosecrans to repudiate the Ohio nomination
should prevail over the border, it may be that
nearer approach toward loyalty may send
Kerr up and voorhees, down. Among the
| outsiders spoken of are Jos. E. Mcdonald,
who ran againgt Morton in 1916 ;Senator Hem
bricks who is up for Cowes and market, and
few others. "While there is life there is
hope, says the proverb; but the hopes of De-
mocracy are decidedly below par so far as In
diana is concerned