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

4 Political Chlt-Chat.
ifWashburpe.is gsaid,rte a''lyoss like q
shop keeper in Paris t5s m ,at7.
Mills, the artist, wants to chi,el Grant,
ifihe can keapihim still long enough. We
would suggest. putty or plug tobacco as the
proper material to bust him in.
u Lewis and Johnson have been elected
United StSle, Senators from, Virginia.
Judge Pendleton came. within three votes
'efa nomination in caucus. .' gag -
%. The French Emperor will, soon 90 to
Champagne. Our Emperor will 60 From
Bourbon TO the devil, il he don't control
his throttle. = 70 ..'if'a 'a!is. % 5iI
It is understood that Judge Piorepont
will be appointed one ofthc Justices Of the
Supreme Court, and Hoar will remain III
the Cabiaet.s. .bsIbp!i sn, ss7ssa
.7-tHE.tLlI- If..fIN .tH.fHs.f.HFT gHF.HIFIu
Grant will begin to attend county. fairs
on the d4th, when his engagement com !.
mences at Frederick, Maryland His
managers anticipate brilliant season.
A discriminating radical named Hol-
den, says: ."Our- party has got so foul
that we have to give it an clnctic, aud We
have got to'do it." 'I'" ''sfi'T'a : .al
~ h''ifS bae 40 III! .gs 4sp,7og '"'
Grant visits his friends in Allegheny
County; result, six thousand radical loss.
lie goes to Washington County, and the
loss there is from three totafours hundred.
And, lie is'so popular!; aagssgJ ",s'i a.lH
Clark Mills is busy in Washington on a
colossal statue Of Jesse Grants urcllin,
represented on1,the battlefield, ,yriu full
military uniform. 1t should have q cigar
in front and a black-aud tan pup on be.
hinl. ~" N,''' .d
Joseph James, Of, Buffalo, advcrtisos
himself as "bootn,skcr to His Excelleucy,
U. S, Grant," lie is the misguided idiot
who made tho two hundred dollar, boots
for Ulysses Asntl hasn't gotian office yet.
The last proposition comes from a Chat,
tanoogs paper, which wants the National
Capitol removed to Lookout Mountain; !;
tits said that .distillories are rather nu-
mervusin those mountains. ,t.,,c,, cd
I John Covode,l Chairman ofthc radical
State Central Committee, ,,wrote q party
friend, just before ithe election "YoatI
everything in the shape Of leggs. You
haint mutcl zinc to spsir-it will be
damn Lloas,. ".1' '47ytf iHn'T tluf
:, It, is stated That General :Canby has
prepared . report On The alleged frauds ID j
tlic 'Virgihia election which will show
lhatit,was andeStrcmely fair. election
much tfairerIaindoed, 9ithan ,sis usual il
Northern elections iqssls1 sai .5',, = 81
The ":Grand.Atmy oftho Republic"
c;'liorganizatioll, is organizing aplifc
INSURANCE, ,comiapyg,Not, ,,ha. there i;
any danger of'tlic dGal.bcass ever being
lillcl l,onorably, bat al fools arc liable
10 dic.b ibs h"flHrE iIlii,r g1E!ts N ~
The election in Maine . shows heqis rery; very
rlaiuly that the ncgrol llas amrcli Stronger
hoh IN the people in .lat State than tenn.
pcranca.l:The radical party .ofthat State,
has bscn run on thc;prohibition aud negro
hobbies, but when The two hobbies were
separated, nine.tenths Of The party stuck
to the negro. u'''''a sal '''s'aF .s,, j,
The Intensely loyal John A. Logan is
now charged with printing fraudulen. nc-
counts inShis United States 1Nlarshalsbip
Of thc$sou;herd Illinois District. We
looked for some froad"ih his accounts
before tllis.t We knew it would come out
cvepMslly' ''"a1y,a % i,l4s7'g ,'4'''. p.
Turner, the Macon niger postmaster,
who was oustcl for stealing, has gone t,
preaching, at Amcricus,ys As Josh Bill.
Jugs says when, %, lnan gets to going
down Hill Il docs seem as Il all creation
wus creased for lie occasion. ."'29i ,oa d,
-! N.5 H.l 900, ~ jrJir Ihs, ~.
4 Mark Twain proposes a pleasant little
job to Congress. lie owns, lie writes, Il.
number Of silver mines. "T:own millions
and millions Of feet Of aillucnt silver lodcs
in Ncyada-in fact l own the entire un-
dcrcrust Of that coubt,y.h hcarly, and il
Congress would move that State of my
SO that | could get at it! would
be 'sa wealthy yet, aas ro.,ts. ai-- n, 4 i
Speaking Jof the Congressional library
at Washington, a correspondent says: u
'.Not five per cent. Of Congressman are
readers in the sense Of ardent lovers Of
full Scholarship; not above twenty per
cent read anything butanovels. The IL
brary, So farasl Congress is concerned. is
q repository Of novels for their wives and
daughters. o....-,. s1a !
Attic lsts .fn1dicipnl election held in
Nashville, Tcuhcssec, the Democratic
ticket wasf eltcled by large minority.
The Democratic candidate foriNlayor lad