The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-23
Political Meter.

Kimball, Jr., were nominated for Senators.
The Knoxville Wing says that ex-Presdent
johnson, in his speech on the 18th inst, not
only advocated the reputation of the national
debt, but the State debt of Tennessee.
Ex-Gov. Hartman, of New Hampshire, has
three weeks leave of absence from his duties
| as Naval Officer of Boston in order that he
may take part in the Ohio campaign.
The new Republican organization in New
York city compels office-holders to take back
seats, and will not allow them to appear as
delegates to the Convention.
RosecraDs is said to have declined to be a
candidate for Governor of Ohio, because he is
engaged in forming company to build rail-
road from the city of Mexico to Acapulco on
| the Pacific coast.
The annual Republican State Convention
| for the nomination of Massachusetts State
| officers will be held in Worcester, Wednesday,
| Sept ed, at II o'clock A. M. the basis of del
| egation to be that fixed in the State Conyen-
| ton last year.
Mississippi advices render it about certain
that Mr.. Dent will be thrown overheard, and
| A. x. Browne run as the straight Democratic
nominee. The Judge" is not the first as
pirant for public honors who has come to un-
timely grief because of q diarrhea of words
| and costiveness of Ideas.
The Cincinnati Enquirer i'll brief biograph-
| ical sketch of Mr.. Pendleton, mentions that
Sin 1866 he received his sixth nomination for
| Congress; but owing to the adverse circum-
stances of that year, he was defeated" A
more lucid explanation it would be impossible
to ask.
The only authority for the assertion that
Gen. Candy desires to be United States Sena-
tor from Virginia is the statements of the Dem
| ocratic papers. Ex-senator Albert G.. Brown
has written letter to Judge Dent in which
he charges Gen. Ames with the sameiambtious
design.
1t is stated that the State Committee ap.
pointed by the Portland Temperance Conven-
ton have made arrangements to place Hon.
A. G. Labroke Of Foxcroft, Hon. Henry Tall
man of Bath, and other effective speakers, on
the stump in the interests of Mr. Hichborn
and are making extensive arrangements in
other respects, for vigorous campaign.
A New York correspondent of Washing
ton paper predicts that if General Candy in
sists upon forcing the iron-clad oath upon con-
servative members elect to the Virginia Legis-
lature, and in case of failure to comply to fill
the vacancies by the selection of those radi-
Gals who may stand next on the tickets, Gov
ernor Walker will urge the resignation of
those conservatives who may not be able to
| fa1Q tho rounira1 Of nd l.:
self-thus throwing the whole question of the
election of Governor and Legislature back to
| the people.
The Cincinnati Chronicle gives editorial
prominence to this telling point made by Sem
ator Morton in his Wilmington speech last
Thursday: "Of the two parties now appeal
ing for popular support, one proudly points to
its record; the other implores that the past be
forgotten. One expects confidence to be plac-
ed in its promises for the future, because Of its
conduct in days gone by; the other asks to be
trusted on its simple profession regardless OF
the lessons of experience. Democracy retains
its old character and instincts, yet asks that
the fruits of its faith during a great national
crisis shall be kept out Of sight. Or, as Gov
ernor Morton says, with an epigrammatic
terseness: 1T does not invoke the pleas
ure Of memory, but invites the blessings Of OBJ
livion.'"
The New York SUMS reporter has had an in
terview with Pendleton. After a minute de-
scription OF the personal appearance of the
Young Giant of the West, follows his opinion
OF Mr.. Boutwells financial policy. It is quite
needless to say that he objects to the Secreta-
rvs system Of contraction, which he says will
bring distress everywhere He is still in favor
OF paying the national debt in greenbacks, but
protests that he is no repudiator and desires
| to correct the published ststement that he is
in favor of the issue of $500, 900 900 in green.
packs. The result of the coming contest In
Ohio will be, according to Mr.. Pendleton, the
success of the Democracy to be gained 'sby ali
the honest means in their power" He states
the issues of the campaign to be "thc finances
the tariff, and the fifteenth amendment. The
radicals will take the opposite side on these
and will also try to reopen old sores, by con.
demniDg our course during the war, and by
bringing up charges of extravagant expendi-
lures of the public moneys by the last Demo-
cratic legislature
Speaking of the Coordination" of conserya-
tive Republicans and Democratic ''dead beats
proposed by the Argus, the Boston Advertiser
says the effect OF the movement upon the in
ternal organization of the Democrats would
naturally be unfavorable. If their motto were
not everything for success" the young Dem
ocrats might regularly argue that if Mr.. Fes-
sender and Gov. Chamberlain are good
enough Democrats to be put in Office by DEM
ocratic help, the average Republicans of Maine
are SO too. In that case the more promising
way to secure their election would be to join
the Republican party off-hand and work with
In its ranks to secure the object for which they
are so anxious. 1t is by no means improbable
that considerable number may take this
view of the matter and vote for Governor
Chamberlain three weeks hence. The real
old-lIners who vote for Democracy through
thick and thin, whatever may be the principles
or whoever the candidate of the party, may be
safely relied upon in any emergency, but it
will be terribly discouraging to-t,1e1n to be
compelled to vote for straight out Republ-
can in the hope Of thereby winning a Demo-
cratic victory.
Pretty much all the Democratic journals of
WIZ SooaAs, 'AAu oohh0 AdLuuy -pdiuUy h0puUI-
can journals, are engaged in denunciation of
Gen. Candy, in command at Richmond, for his
alleged determination, in the organization of
the Virginia Legislature, to require from the
members elect tho iron-clad oath which will
simply exclude from the Legislature such men
as were rebels and periursd villains; such only
as bore arms against the Union, or filled prom
| inent offices in the "Confederacy,'' having be-
foretime taken oath to support the Constitu-
ton of the United States. This whole ques-
tion may be very briefly stated: Virginia held
her election under the Reconstruction acts of
Congress They require the iron-clad oath
General Candy must insist upon it. If there
| are men elected to the Legislature who cannot
take the OATH that is their fault and their nom
| sense, and to allow them now to take advant-
age of their own wrong and folly would be
the height of absurdity. Gen. Candy cannot
begin the establishment of regular law and or
der by the wholesale violation of law. Tho
policy of the iron-elad oath may be wrong.
But it is the law, and Gen. Candy can inquire
no further Besides, the experience of Georgia
in this matter is not to be disregarded. The
Legislature of that State magnanimously set
aside the iron-clad oath, and the rebels who
came in virtually set aside the Legislature.
In view of both law and experience, Gen. Can
by must see that the oath is administered.
POLITICAL INFLUENCE. -" Reddy, the