The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-20

Political Rfcms.
The Swedish element of the Republican par
ty in Minnesota, met in convention at Mime
apolis last week, when sixty-one delegates were
present. They recommended Col Hans Matt
son as a candidate for Secretary of State. The
Norwegian element, in convention at Rush
ford, few days previously, nominated Mr..
Lewiston, Land officer at Alexandria for that
position. 1t s probable that Mattson will get
the nomination.
Gen. T. I. Dent in letter to Rensselaer,
county friend, puts to shame those who
have charged Gen. Grant with favoritism
He says: No one of the name of Dent holds
an Office conferred by Grant. 1 am the only
one of four brothers who holds federal Of
flee. 1 am an officer of the army, a position
have held for twenty-six years. My brother
Judge Lewis Dent, is spoken OF for Govern
or of Mississippi, SO L hear. The psople of
Mississippi have as much the privilege of
| choosing for themselves Governor as the
State of New York has, and are as free from
the dictaton of Gen. Grant in their selection
as presume New York would be. ..-
The peoples movement in San Francisco
promises we'll. 1t is headed by Democrat,
who is believed 10 be capable and anxious to
destroy the corrupt rule of the Democratic
'ring' that has so long ruled .f-e
The rumor that e. A. Rollins is to resign
the Craftsmanship of the Now Hampshire Re-
publican State Committee proves to be I'M
founded.
The Chicago Tribune says:
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eight long years of the war; and of the perls OF
reconstructions, was he ever absent from his
post? Did he ever seek the Capital for pro-
motion, or come to il at all from the time he
entered the army as Regimental Staff Quar-
master until he was called there as General
in Chief of all our armies? Did his stars or
staff then figure at the watering places? New
er. The elements of his success were then
military. He moved freely among all his Of
ficers and men from Sherman, Mcpherson,
ters and privates. He studied the problem in
all its parts and made no mistakes. His prob
lem now is financial one. He is moving
among men of business, of Industry. and who,
through these resources, have earned their
Summer months for leisure He sees a yery
great number of them. And if he learns moth
ing else, he at least learns them. He does well
and wisely. Before we find fault with it, let
us see what evil comes from it.
Parson Brownlow again endorses Gov, SEN
ter as sound Republican, declaring that not
Andy johnson but Baiie Peyton or Neill S.
Brown will be chosen Senator; that the Legis-
lature will probably adopt the Fifteenth
Amendment; and warning the Administra--
ton % rroscrrDe on1ce-n0Iuers in Tennes-
see for voting for SenteF.
veteran observer writes from Ohio, that
Gov. Hayes will get 10000 more votes from
several counties than before aud DO reelected
by an increased majority.
The rumors about changes in the Cabinet
are said to be groundless.
The Democrats are urging that insanity
which was unknown among the negroes when
they were slaves, has broken out among
them. Suppose we cure the insane Democ-
racy by enslaving them?
The Republicans of Mississippi are oganiz
ing with great energy, and are getting hearty
help from the honest Democrats who do not
see why, now that both parties stand on the
same platform, they should not co operate with
the one most capable of fulfilling their promi-
ses. The Holly Springs Reporter Democrat
ic paper, rejects the Conservative programme;
the Southern Star, at Enterprise, unfurls the
regular Republican banner, and the Oxonian,
at Oxford, in charge of an ex.confederate Off
Ger, Colonel Vauxan, abandons the Democrat
&c party, and comes out on the radical side
Last year there were only three Republican
papers in the State; now there are about doz-
en-, and Republican clubs are springing I'D in
every county.
1t is stated that President Grant told Mr..
Lewis, the Lieut.. Governor of Virginia elect
that if he had vote in Virginia he should
cast it for the Wells ticket and the expurgated
Constitution. The President sincerely regret
ted that there should be any division among
the earnest Republicans of Virginia, or any
other State, and he hoped to see that wisdom
manifested which would achieve for the Re-
publican party the credit of carrying through
within its own lines measures for the abrosa
ton of all acknowledgements and obnoxious
text oaths, instead of being compelled by
their opponents to yield these concessions.
The Cincinnati Commercial says that the ac-
ceptance of the Democratic nomination for
governor was q matter of life or death to
George Ii. Pendleton. He would have been
as salt mackerel if he had not accepted. He
could not afford to regard his broken ankle OF
his personal comfort, if he proposed to be, in
the politicians sense, live man. There is an
other man who has solemn hour at hand in
which to choose his destiny. We refer to Mr..
Vallandigham. Ii he remains in his wigwam
during this campaign he will be, on the second
Tuesday of October, no matter how the votes
may count out, scalped savage. He has for
long time been accused by the staunchest
Democrats of the State of cussedness and sell
fishness. He announced some time ago that
he would not speak during this campaign, but
he must reconsider that conclusion and reach
another determination now. If he attends to
his private business, he will be called a sore
head. If he refuses to speak for Peudlton,
he will be denounced as h wing a mean, per-
sonal spite, toward Ohio's favorite sou. He
must become reconcied with Pendleton. In
one sense, that is not a hard task. There are
few men with whom it is more agreeable to be-
come reconciled, than it is with MIR. Pendle-
ton. He would, we are sure, receive Val.
with courtesy and kindness, and creature COM
forts. Though all this might be as honey in
the mouth of Val, it would be bitter in the
belly, no doubt; but he must take his medicine
like man. The pill may be coated with elab-
crate sugar, but it must go down, or there will
be no health in the patient
Illustrative of President Finney's habit of
plain speaking even when speaking of him
SELF clergyman tells of having heard him
morning: SO Lord we 60 abominate ourselves
that we could spit in our own faces and kick