The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-01-11
Political Chit-Chat.

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Il \ railroad train is showed up at Chap
paIpiddiddle, Maine. Served it right for
going 70 such q .. place. mini Ia 81, 3. 5.Il
The Boston, .ldreuissr admits that the
republicans Of Boston, on Monday met
with a a"swcsping defeat in the election
ofTDr. Shurtleif rs Mayor. ''' %
The radical candidate for Governor Of
New Jersey, iby'way Of elcctioneering,,
boug twenty five tickets to a firtmen's
ball ,tand, bytway Of economy, neglected
to,pay for them sg ,.s,l5di ~ s'5Ga
"A new candidate fora place in Grants
Cabinet has sprung up ginq Peoria, Ile
drank IN one day forty nine glasses Of
wh;skcy, and Twas still sober enough to
say sizes haf pcas.78i ~ '''gl'''7lE !;
up caco' reignss in Frapccc--thc peace ace
of'tho'Bayonet aud the TBastilc., FSo much
for iworshippiug military monarclis
Americans take wamins-your turn
may come next. r,, s-cts, rgie., ta;p
In q racspt French press trial, one iof
the LAWYERS urged that there should bo
more Galmness aud gravity in French
poliiic.,G Gsaying that in America The peo-
n!p'prcpWea themselves for an election By
several days of fns.ipg $3.50 ie b.'.E!'a.s Is
The Wheeling AteUiyasscy and Jas.
H.HFcrgus0na of Cabcil 1.-the fs.constitu-
,ional lawyeraof the lower'Elouse of the
West Virginia Legislature, are at, log
serlicals., The Mtelligeucer, dcyotes con.
siderable space to him. = nv ''
d The proposition TO raise Grants, salary
to 100000 has Started another. to raise
the. salary Of tic Cabinet officers to S2O,..H
O00:s,Go on, Mongrels, as long asinie
people hayeta dollar,imidc of starvation,
and then lct them, turn aid cut your
tliroats. -, a. -. 1.
The iniitSlucry Standard is shocked,
because Grant went to sec Ilumpty.o
Dhmply in NcE York. Dye hypocri;e,-
ye can vote to make 4 common druhkarl
President, and t'lenlaFect disgust to sec
him attend aniunoceut place Of, amusc'
ment, Avaunt, Jsckanapes! liz. sl4a7ada
AT the bpuquet or, cdncsday night
Mr., John \. Logan remarked ,hats SiAs,
is well known, | never write my, speech
'es."SThis Is true /; bnt he omitted to
state the equally well Known fact tliat his
spccchesaro always written for him by
somebody. else. -=Ghic0go 7ialrsalia "
Gencral Grantgitis stated, will adyo.
Observation-Disclosures oppose sgratuiiics
to railroads, lie will find that fighting
il out on this line will be a tougher job
,thantthc caa,paign 70 Richmond. ,Loil
Congrcssmcn are not going TO bc de-
priyed ofnice jobsiwitliout fight; 'l7is u
Nashville shopkeepcrs cxhibifa statue
in njplaster, Of Beast Butler, (which is an.
elegant satire upon the weakness ofthat
worthy for spoons" It represents DSn.,
with . bag Of gold strapped across one ono
shoulder i mammoth spoon across9 tie
otllcr9iand ai bale orgtwo ofcon(scated
cotton at,lis fott.l 5iIaeq- ,dt tlif9G Ged
lThe>lsichmoddi Ilhg snys stl,a,it has
reason "to. know ,hatiulacnccs are now at
work in Virginia looking to the idcsira-
bic end ct d return 10 peace aud ,amity,
and that thoi best intellect, did purtst
characters Of this State are now seriously
dcyo.ing themselves to the preparation
aud organization, Of measures designed to
end strife, aud 70 satisfy any rational de-
mand that can bc made upon US"
Wendell Phillips Says: There is the
Endian,sa ratc slio have cost It's atlous-
and millions of'dolars." But SIR there
is tlicanogro, "a race which. las cost us
three thousand millions of dollars in less
than eight years. What say you TO that?
Aud the cost 'bf this negro business. is
still going ohIa' the rate of three or four
hundred millions year.. - p7pist aila
I. Colonel j J.oEo,Bryant, chairman of The
Republican Executive Committee Of,
Georgin, authorizes the statement that
lie is opposed 10 the bills Of Ncssrs Sum
ner ana Butler. affecting the political IN
terest { of that State. hhilelthe, inlthc
Legislature, wasopposed to the expulsion
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